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

e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection 2009 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
McIntosh, Janet, 1969-
Series:
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
e-Duke books scholarly collection
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Ethnic conflict--Kenya--Malindi--Religious aspects.
Ethnic conflict.
Swahili-speaking peoples--Kenya--Malindi--Social life and customs.
Swahili-speaking peoples.
Giryama (African people)--Kenya--Malindi--Religion.
Giryama (African people).
Giryama (African people)--Kenya--Malindi--Social life and customs.
Muslims--Kenya--Malindi.
Muslims.
Malindi (Kenya)--Ethnic relations.
Malindi (Kenya).
Malindi (Kenya)--Social life and customs.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (342 p.)
Place of Publication:
Durham : Duke University Press, 2009.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
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.
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.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786613064967
9781283064965
1283064960
9780822390961
0822390965
OCLC:
428151332

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