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

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: McIntosh, Janet, 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2009.
Series:e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Subjects:
Ethnic conflict > Kenya > Malindi > Religious aspects.
Swahili-speaking peoples > Kenya > Malindi > Social life and customs.
Giryama (African people) > Kenya > Malindi > Religion.
Giryama (African people) > Kenya > Malindi > Social life and customs.
Muslims > Kenya > Malindi.
Conflits ethniques > Kenya > Malindi > Aspect religieux.
Swahili (Peuple d'Afrique) > Kenya > Malindi > Mœurs et coutumes.
Giryama (Peuple d'Afrique) > Kenya > Malindi > Religion.
Giryama (Peuple d'Afrique) > Kenya > Malindi > Mœurs et coutumes.
Musulmans > Kenya > Malindi.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Ethnic conflict > Religious aspects
Ethnic relations
Giryama (African people) > Religion
Giryama (African people) > Social life and customs
Manners and customs
Muslims
Swahili-speaking peoples > Social life and customs
Christentum
Gesellschaftsleben
Giryama
Interreligiöser Dialog
Islam
Minderheitenfrage
Religiöses Leben
Spiritismus
Swahili > Volk
Synkretismus
Malindi (Kenya) > Ethnic relations.
Malindi (Kenya) > Social life and customs.
Kenya > Malindi
Kenia > Ost
Malindi
Giryama.
Swahili <Volk>
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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