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Morality at the Margins : Youth, Language, and Islam in Coastal Kenya /

What does it mean to be young, modern, and Muslim? Documenting everyday life in Lamu (Kenya), this book explores the mundane practices of behavior and speech that create moral personhood. In elaborating everyday practices of Islamic pluralism, the book shows how Muslim societies critically engage wi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hillewaert, Sarah (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, 2020.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Interlude 1 : Mila Yetu Hufujika (our traditions are being destroyed) / by Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulkadir
  • This is Lamu : belonging, morality, and materiality
  • Dialects of morality
  • Interlude 2 : kiSwahili / by Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulkadir
  • Youth as a discursive construct
  • Reframing morality through youthful voices
  • Interlude 3 : Tupijeni Makamama (let's embrace) / by Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulkadir
  • Senses of morality and morality of the senses
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix : Note on language.