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Veils, turbans, and Islamic reform in northern Nigeria / Elisha P. Renne.
Penn Museum Library GT1589.N6 R46 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Renne, Elisha P., author.
- Series:
- African expressive cultures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Clothing and dress--Religious aspects--Islam--Nigeria, Northern--History.
- Clothing and dress.
- Clothing and dress--Religious aspects--Islam.
- Textile fabrics--Social aspects.
- History.
- Textile fabrics.
- Manners and customs.
- Islamic clothing and dress.
- Northern Nigeria.
- Islamic clothing and dress--Nigeria, Northern--History.
- Nigeria, Northern--Social life and customs.
- Nigeria, Northern.
- Textile fabrics--Social aspects--Nigeria, Northern--History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- Material religion and Islamic reform in northern Nigeria
- Islamic dress, textile production, and trade in the time of the Sokoto Caliphate
- Muslim identity, Islamic scholarship, and cloth connections in Ilorin
- The Sardauna's turbans
- Veiling, gender, and fashion
- Performing pilgrimage : worship and travel, textiles and trade
- Marks of progress : Islamic reform and industrial textile production in Kaduna
- Failures of modernity and Islamic reform : dress and deception in northern Nigeria in the 21st century
- Epilogue. Moral imagination, material things, and Islamic reform.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Renne, Elisha P., author. Veils, turbans, and Islamic reform in northern Nigeria
- ISBN:
- 9780253036544
- 0253036542
- 9780253036551
- 0253036550
- OCLC:
- 1015244618
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