The edge of Islam : power, personhood, and ethnoreligious boundaries on the Kenya Coast / Janet McIntosh.
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TextPublication details: Durham : Duke University Press, c2009.Description: xi, 325 p. ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780822344964 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780822345091 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Ethnic conflict -- Kenya -- Malindi -- Religious aspects
- Swahili-speaking peoples -- Kenya -- Malindi -- Social life and customs
- Giryama (African people) -- Kenya -- Malindi -- Religion
- Giryama (African people) -- Kenya -- Malindi -- Social life and customs
- Giryama (African people) -- Kenya -- Malindi -- Religion
- Muslims -- Kenya -- Malindi
- Malindi (Kenya) -- Ethnic relations
- Malindi (Kenya) -- Social life and customs
- GN659.K4Â .M35 2009
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| Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Barcode | |
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| TAMCAS Library TAMCAS General shelves | GN659.K4 .M35 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | CAS | A-11074 |
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.
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