Muslim society and the western Indian Ocean : the seafarers of Kachchh / Edward Simpson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simpson, Edward, 1971-

Series:

Indian Ocean series

Routledge Indian Ocean series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shipbuilding industry--Employees--Training of--India--Kachchh.

Shipbuilding industry.

Muslims--India--Kachchh--Social conditions--20th century.

Muslims.

Social conditions.

Shipbuilding industry--Employees--Training of.

Shipbuilding industry--Employees.

India--Kachchh.

Physical Description:

xiii, 188 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Summary:

Based on substantial ethnographic research and further textual and archival research, this book offers a unique perspective on the anthropology of the western Indian Ocean region. The book explores the social migration (kinship, patron-client relations, etc.) through which causes are translated into successful political and economic effects such as Islamic reform and political aspiration. This original work will be useful to scholars of the Indian Ocean as well as many anthropologists.

Contents:

Texts, machinations and the past

Shipyard apprenticeship and the transmission of knowledge

Reform and status competition between Muslims

Hindu nationalism and the Muslim response

Imagination, exchange and value

Anthropology, history and parochialism in the western Indian Ocean.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-181) and index.

ISBN:

0415376106

0203099516

OCLC:

61529828

Publisher Number:

9780415376105 (hbk. : alk. paper)

9780203099513 (ebk.)