Gendered lives in the western Indian Ocean : Islam, marriage, and sexuality on the Swahili Coast /

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"Muslim communities throughout the Indian Ocean have long questioned what it means to be a "good Muslim." Much recent scholarship on Islam in the Indian Ocean considers debates among Muslims about authenticity, authority, and propriety. Despite the centrality of this topic within stud...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Stiles, Erin E. (Editor ), Thompson, Katrina Daly, 1975- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2015]
Colección:Indian Ocean studies series.
Temas:
Women > Tanzania > Zanzibar > Social conditions.
Muslim women > Tanzania > Zanzibar > Social conditions.
Sex > Religious aspects > Islam.
Family life > Tanzania > Zanzibar.
Femmes > Tanzanie > Zanzibar > Conditions sociales.
Musulmanes > Tanzanie > Zanzibar > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
RELIGION > Islam > General.
RELIGION > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Muslim women > Social conditions
Sex > Religious aspects > Islam
Women > Social conditions
Tanzania > Social conditions.
Tanzania > Zanzibar
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Schoolgirls and Women Teachers: Colonial Education and the Shifting Boundaries between Girls and Women in Zanzibar / Corrie Decker
  • 2. The Value of a Marriage: Missionaries, Ex-slaves, and the Legal Debates over Marriage in Colonial Pemba Island / Elisabeth McMahon
  • 3. Two Weddings in Northern Mafia: Changes in Women's Lives since the 1960s / Pat Caplan
  • 4. Pleasure and Danger: Muslim Views on Sex and Gender in Zanzibar / Nadine Beckmann
  • 5. Sex and School on the Southern Swahili Coast: Adolescent Sexuality in the Context of Expanding Education in Rural Mtwara, Tanzania / Meghan Halley
  • 6. Learning to Use Swahili Profanity and Sacred Speech: The Embodied Socialization of a Muslim Bride in Zanzibar Town / Katrina Daly Thompson
  • 7. Pleasure and Prohibitions: Reflections on Gender, Knowledge, and Sexuality in Zanzibar Town / Kjersti Larsen
  • 8. Unsuitable Husbands: Allegations of Impotence in Zanzibari Divorce Suits / Erin E. Stiles
  • 9. Forming and Performing Swahili Manhood: Wedding Rituals of a Groom in Lamu Town / Rebecca Gearhart
  • 10. Spirit Possession and Masculinity in Swahili Society / Linda L. Giles
  • 11. Being a Good Muslim Man: Modern Aspirations and Polygynous Intentions in a Swahili Muslim Village / Susi Krehbiel Keefe
  • Afterword: Understanding Gendered Lives through Intimate and Global Perspectives / Susan F. Hirsch
  • Glossary
  • References
  • Contributors
  • Index.

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