Louw, Maria Elisabeth. Everyday Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia. Central Asian Studies Series, Vol. 7. New York: Routledge, 2007.

Louw provides an excellent introduction to Sufism, veneration of saints, shrine visits (like the Naqshbandi shrine), and popular Islamic rituals (like bibi Seshanba) in Bukhara, Uzbekistan.

Contents: Introduction; Islam in Post-Soviet Central Asia; Sufism in the Veneration of Saints in Central Asia; Bukhara; Ziyorat; Journey in the Homeland; Imagining Time; Doing Business with Bibi Seshanba; Conclusion: Faraway so Close; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index. 

Cross References: Bibi Seshanba.

Descriptors: 2000s, ACTORS, anthropology, Bibi Seshanba, book, Bukhara, diversity, ethnography, L, Naqshbandi Complex, post-Soviet, RITUALS, saints, SHRINES, SITES, Sufism, Uzbekistan, Uzbeks.