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Gendered Lives in the Western Indian Ocean: Islam, Marriage, and Sexuality on the Swahili Coast
Erin E. Stiles
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Description for Gendered Lives in the Western Indian Ocean: Islam, Marriage, and Sexuality on the Swahili Coast
Paperback. Editor(s): Stiles, Erin E.; Thompson, Katrina Daly. Series: Indian Ocean Studies Series. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Muslim communities throughout the Indian Ocean have long questioned what it means to be a good Muslim. Much recent scholarship on Islam in the Indian Ocean considers debates among Muslims about authenticity, authority, and propriety. Despite the centrality of this topic within studies of Indian Ocean, African, and other Muslim communities, little of the existing scholarship has addressed such debates in relation to women, gender, or sexuality. Yet women are deeply involved with ideas about what it means to be a good Muslim. In Gendered Lives in the Western ... Read more
Muslim communities throughout the Indian Ocean have long questioned what it means to be a good Muslim. Much recent scholarship on Islam in the Indian Ocean considers debates among Muslims about authenticity, authority, and propriety. Despite the centrality of this topic within studies of Indian Ocean, African, and other Muslim communities, little of the existing scholarship has addressed such debates in relation to women, gender, or sexuality. Yet women are deeply involved with ideas about what it means to be a good Muslim. In Gendered Lives in the Western ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Indian Ocean Studies Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Athens, United States
ISBN
9780821421871
SKU
V9780821421871
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About Erin E. Stiles
Erin E. Stiles is an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Nevada, Reno, where she chairs the minor program in religious studies. Her research interests include Islam and law in East Africa. Katrina Daly Thompson is associate professor in the Department of African Languages and Literature at the University of Wisconsin Madison. She specializes in African languages and ... Read more
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