The Edge of Islam : Power, Personhood, and Ethnoreligious Boundaries on the Kenya Coast /
"In this theoretically rich exploration of ethnic and religious tensions, Janet McIntosh demonstrates how the relationship between two ethnic groups in the bustling Kenyan town of Malindi is reflected in and shaped by the different ways the two groups relate to Islam. While Swahili and Giriama...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
2009.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The edge of Islam
- Origin stories: the rise of ethnic boundaries on the coast
- Blood money in motion: profit, personhood, and the Jini narratives
- Toxic bodies and intentional minds: hegemony and ideology in Giriama conversion experiences
- Rethinking syncretism: religious pluralism and code choice in a context of ethnoreligious tension
- Divination and madness: the powers and dangers of Arabic.