TY  - BOOK
AU  - McIntosh,Janet
TI  - The edge of Islam: power, personhood, and ethnoreligious boundaries on the Kenya Coast 
SN  - 9780822344964 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - GN659.K4 .M35 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Durham
PB  - Duke University Press
KW  - Ethnic conflict
KW  - Kenya
KW  - Malindi
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Swahili-speaking peoples
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Giryama (African people)
KW  - Religion
KW  - Muslims
KW  - Malindi (Kenya)
KW  - Ethnic relations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-311) and index; 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
ER  -