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Pastimes and politics : culture, community, and identity in post-abolition urban Zanzibar, 1890-1945 / Laura Fair.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fair, Laura.
- Series:
- Eastern African studies (London, England)
- Eastern African studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular culture--Tanzania--Zanzibar.
- Popular culture.
- Identity (Psychology)--Tanzania--Zanzibar.
- Identity (Psychology).
- Group identity--Tanzania--Zanzibar.
- Group identity.
- Leisure--Tanzania--Zanzibar.
- Leisure.
- Ethnicity--Tanzania--Zanzibar.
- Ethnicity.
- Zanzibar--Social life and customs--20th century.
- Zanzibar.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (389 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Athens [Ohio] : Ohio University Press ; Oxford [England] : James Currey, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- The first decades of the twentieth century were years of dramatic change in Zanzibar, a time when the social, economic, and political lives of island residents were in incredible flux, framed by the abolition of slavery, the introduction of colonialism, and a tide of urban migration. Pastimes and Politics explores the era from the perspective of the urban poor, highlighting the numerous and varied ways that recently freed slaves and other immigrants to town struggled to improve their individual and collective lives and to create a sense of community within this new environment. In this study
- Contents:
- Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Dressing Up: Clothing, Class, and Gender in Post-Abolition Zanzibar; Chapter 3: "The Land Is Ours! Why Should We Pay Rent?": Land, Law, and Housing in Colonial Ng'ambo; Chapter 4: The Music of Siti binti Saad: Creating Community, Crafting Identity, and Negotiating Power through Taarab; Chapter 5: Colonial Politics, Masculinity, and Football; Chapter 6: Conclusion; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780821440933
- 0821440934
- OCLC:
- 884016819
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