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The edge of Islam : power, personhood, and ethnoreligious boundaries on the Kenya Coast /

Explores ethnoreligious tensions in coastal Kenya between the impoverished Giriama people and their neighbors, the privileged Swahili and Arab communities, and documents the Giriama's idiosyncratic uses of Islam and their conflicted relationship with it.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McIntosh, Janet, 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2009.
Colección:e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Temas:
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.