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Gendered lives in the Western Indian Ocean : Islam, marriage, and sexuality on the Swahili coast / edited by Erin E. Stiles and Katrina Daly Thompson.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Indian Ocean Studies Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Tanzania--Zanzibar--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Muslim women--Tanzania--Zanzibar--Social conditions.
- Muslim women.
- Sex--Religious aspects--Islam.
- Sex.
- Tanzania--Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (259 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A breakthrough study of the underexamined lived experience of Islam, sexuality, and gender on the Swahili coast.
- Contents:
- 1. Schoolgirls and Women Teachers: Colonial Education and the Shifting Boundaries between Girls and Women in Zanzibar / Corrie Decker
- 2. The Value of a Marriage: Missionaries, Ex-slaves, and the Legal Debates over Marriage in Colonial Pemba Island / Elisabeth McMahon
- 3. Two Weddings in Northern Mafia: Changes in Women's Lives since the 1960s / Pat Caplan
- 4. Pleasure and Danger: Muslim Views on Sex and Gender in Zanzibar / Nadine Beckmann
- 5. Sex and School on the Southern Swahili Coast: Adolescent Sexuality in the Context of Expanding Education in Rural Mtwara, Tanzania / Meghan Halley
- 6. Learning to Use Swahili Profanity and Sacred Speech: The Embodied Socialization of a Muslim Bride in Zanzibar Town / Katrina Daly Thompson
- 7. Pleasure and Prohibitions: Reflections on Gender, Knowledge, and Sexuality in Zanzibar Town / Kjersti Larsen
- 8. Unsuitable Husbands: Allegations of Impotence in Zanzibari Divorce Suits / Erin E. Stiles
- 9. Forming and Performing Swahili Manhood: Wedding Rituals of a Groom in Lamu Town / Rebecca Gearhart
- 10. Spirit Possession and Masculinity in Swahili Society / Linda L. Giles
- 11. Being a Good Muslim Man: Modern Aspirations and Polygynous Intentions in a Swahili Muslim Village / Susi Krehbiel Keefe
- Afterword: Understanding Gendered Lives through Intimate and Global Perspectives / Susan F. Hirsch
- Glossary
- References
- Contributors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780821445433
- 082144543X
- OCLC:
- 925783283
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