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Islamic and caste knowledge practices among Haalpulaar'en in Senegal : between mosque and termite mound / R.M. Dilley.
Van Pelt Library DT549.45.H34 D55 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dilley, Roy, 1954-
- Series:
- International African library ; 30.
- International African library ; 30
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tukulor (African people)--Religious life.
- Tukulor (African people).
- Tukulor (African people)--Social conditions.
- Islam--Senegal.
- Islam.
- Caste--Senegal.
- Caste.
- Social conditions.
- Religious life.
- Senegal.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 270 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute, London, [2004]
- Summary:
- The book examines how at different historical junctures attempts were made to negotiate the equalitarian claims of a universalist faith with the expression of social differentiation lying at the heart of caste inequality. It provides insights into how marginalized artisans, poets and musicians understood themselves and how they responded to a faith that had become the cornerstone of social prestige and status.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-265) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0748619909
- OCLC:
- 56452720
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