Morality at the margins : youth, language, and Islam in coastal Kenya / Sarah Hillewaert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hillewaert, Sarah, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslim youth--Kenya--Lamu Island--Social conditions--21st century.

Muslim youth.

Social change--Kenya--Lamu Island.

Social change.

Swahili language--Kenya--Lamu Island.

Swahili language.

Nonverbal communication--Kenya--Lamu Island.

Nonverbal communication.

Social conditions.

Lamu Island (Kenya)--Social conditions--20th century.

Lamu Island (Kenya).

Muslim youth--Social conditions.

Kenya--Lamu Island.

Physical Description:

xxi, 302 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, 2020.

Summary:

"What does it mean to be young, modern, and Muslim? Documenting everyday life in Lamu (Kenya), this book explores the mundane practices of behavior and speech that create moral personhood. In elaborating everyday practices of Islamic pluralism, the book shows how Muslim societies critically engage with change while sustaining a sense of integrity and morality"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Interlude 1: Mila Yetu Hufujika (Our Traditions Are Being Destroyed), by Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulkadir

"This Is Lamu": Belonging, Morality, and Materiality

Dialects of Morality

Interlude 2: kiSwahili, by Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulkadir

"Youth" as a Discursive Construct

Reframing Morality through Youthful Voices

Interlude 3: Tupijeni Makamama (Let's Embrace), by Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulkadir

Senses of Morality and Morality of the Senses

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780823286515

0823286517

9780823286508

0823286509

OCLC:

1107815339