The edge of Islam : power, personhood, and ethnoreligious boundaries on the Kenya coast /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	McIntosh, Janet, 1969-
Imprint:	Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press, 2009.
Description:	xi, 325 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	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. Muslims -- Kenya -- Malindi. Ethnic conflict -- Religious aspects. Ethnic relations. Giryama (African people) -- Religion. Giryama (African people) -- Social life and customs. Manners and customs. Muslims. Swahili-speaking peoples -- Social life and customs. Malindi (Kenya) -- Ethnic relations. Malindi (Kenya) -- Social life and customs. Kenya -- Malindi.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7796091

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ISBN:	9780822344964 (cloth : alk. paper) 0822344963 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780822345091 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0822345099 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Note on Language
Introduction. The Edge of Islam
1. Origin Stories: The Rise of Ethnic Boundaries on the Coast
2. Blood Money in Motion: Profit, Personhood, and the Jini Narratives
3. Toxic Bodies and Intentional Minds: Hegemony and Ideology in Giriama Conversion Experiences
4. Rethinking Syncretism: Religious Pluralism and Code Choice in a Context of Ethnoreligious Tension
5. Divination and Madness: The Powers and Dangers of Arabic
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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