Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-238) and index
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Chapter1:Historical Overview.- Chapter 2: Shamanism in Central Asian nomadic culture.- Chapter 3: Sufism in Central Asia.- Chapter 4:Female Sufism: historical overview.- Chapter 5: Transmission of Sacred Knowledge.- Chapter 6: Music and Female Sufis.- Chapter 8: Female music making: Musical instruments and Dance.- Chapter 9: Female folk Sufism.- Chapter 10 : Female rituals led by Otin-Oys.- Chapter 11: Similar female rituals in the Turkic- Speaking World (in Tatar, Azeri, Turkish, Cypriot, and Afghani traditions).- Apendix: 1. Female poetry