The Construction of Sacred Space in the Urban Ecology

Day, Katie

doi:10.1111/j.1939-3881.2008.00037.x

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“…For their part, the hijras publicly pray for the shopkeepers, while calling them badmash (wicked men) in private, with the full intention of evicting them one day from the land. It appears that in the process of creation of the dargah as a ritual space, the ‘sacred is not constructed over and against the secular and profane’, it is rather produced ‘in a process of negotiation with it’ (Day, 2008, p. 427).…”

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Invigorating and Reinventing Sacred Space: Hijra and Non-Hijra Relationships in a Dargah

Ghosh

2021

Indian Journal of Gender Studies

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The article juxtaposes the lived realities and perceptions of a hijra gharana connected to a dargah (shrine of a revered religious figure belonging to the Sufi tradition) in a North Indian city, Narayanpura. It addresses how a hijra community interacts and develops interpersonal relationships with their non-hijra neighbours, devotees and shopkeepers, thereby engendering hijra selfhood. The potent element of symbolism enunciated through mythology, rituals and festivals becomes pertinent in constructing and authenticating the hijra identity. Concomitantly, the spiritual pursuits of these groups are intertwined with their material interests in constructing their complex universe. The monument provides a site where shared connotations for each section of people connected to the dargah, hailing from different cultural, religious and gender orientations, are invigorated. The dargah is, therefore, not only part of the religious system, but it is a system in itself. Data for this article have been accumulated through limited participant observation, unobstructed conversations and narratives of the interlocutors.

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Invigorating and Reinventing Sacred Space: Hijra and Non-Hijra Relationships in a Dargah

Ghosh

2021

Indian Journal of Gender Studies

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“…Considering the significance of this perspective, there are already a few valuable studies providing theoretically driven analysis of specific cases of the sacredness of places, aiming to clarify the existing theoretical and conceptual vagueness (e.g. Chidester and Linenthal 1995;Day 2008;Gilliat-Ray 2005b, 2005a. However, since such sacred places are open to endless (re)interpretation from different perspectives with different social and political histories, it is necessary to balance the complexity of conceptual and theoretical questions with a clear methodological and analytical construction of the studies of the sacred.…”

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Society, Spatiality, and the Sacred

Koşal¹

2022

BSOR

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The Essay provides space for scholars to present peerreviewed research in a manner that uses data studies and critical reflection as occasions for advancing currents in the broader academic study of religion. In this issue, we have two contributions. Umur Ko?al revisits Jerusalem’s Western Wall and submits that a spatial approach can help scholars reconsider the complex relation of sites classified as sacred. And Matteo Di Placido takes yoga studies as an example of a Foucauldian discourse formation and considers the historical and political textures that appear when examined under the light of recent research in the discursive study of religion.

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Sacred Place: An Interdisciplinary Approach for the Social Science

Abe

2010

Communities, Neighborhoods, and Health

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The Construction of Sacred Space in the Urban Ecology

Cited by 7 publications

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Invigorating and Reinventing Sacred Space: Hijra and Non-Hijra Relationships in a Dargah

Invigorating and Reinventing Sacred Space: Hijra and Non-Hijra Relationships in a Dargah

Society, Spatiality, and the Sacred

Sacred Place: An Interdisciplinary Approach for the Social Science

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