Slavery and Emancipation in Islamic East Africa : From Honor to Respectability.

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Demonstrates the links between emancipation and the redefinition of honour among all classes of people on the island of Pemba.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McMahon, Elisabeth
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Colección:African Studies.
Temas:
Slavery > Africa, Eastern > History.
Slavery > Tanzania > Pemba > History.
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > Africa, Eastern > History.
Enslaved persons > Emancipation > Tanzania > Pemba > History.
Slavery > Religious aspects > Islam.
Esclaves > Affranchissement > Afrique orientale > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Slavery.
Slavery > Religious aspects > Islam
Slavery
Enslaved persons > Emancipation
Sklaverei
Freigelassener
Emanzipation
Sozialer Wandel
Bewältigung
Eastern Africa
Tansania
Pemba
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Slavery and Emancipation in Islamic East Africa; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Slavery and Emancipation in Islamic East Africa; 1 Introduction; Slavery on the East African Coast; From Honor to Respectability; Going To the Courts; SOURCES; Chapter Outlines; 2 Mzuri Kwao and Slavery in East Africa; The Slave Trade on the East African Coast; Slavery and Emancipation; Vulnerability; Conclusion; 3 Reputation and Disputing in the Courts; Courts on Pemba; Judges and Interlocutors in the Courts; Evidence and Oaths.
  • Disputes in the CourtsPublicizing Reputation; Conclusion; 4 Reputation, Heshima, and Community; Reputation; Leisure and Labor; Displaying Heshima; Heshima and Islam; Reputation, Contracts, and the Courts; Conclusion; 5 Changing Landscapes of Power; Reordering Heshima; Fighting for Honor, Disputing for Respect; "Civilizing" Power; Invisible Landscape of Power; Uchawi on Pemba; Reinterpreting the Archives; Conclusion; 6 Mitigating Vulnerability through Kinship; Friendship and Networked Kin; Family Ties Among Ex-Slaves; Concubines; Claiming and Denying Kinship; Conclusion; Conclusion.
  • Resistance or Vulnerability among WomenShifting Landscapes of Power; Witchcraft, Power, and Slavery; Why Pemba?; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Interviews; House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers; Newspapers; Friends House Library, London (FIM); National Archives (Formerly the Public Records Office), London (PRO); Rhodes House, Oxford (UMCA); Zanzibar National Archives, Tanzania (ZNA); Pemba Branch of Zanzibar National Archives (PNA); Published Reports; Secondary Sources and Published Primary Sources; Index; Series.

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