Gendered Lives in the Western Indian Ocean
Stiles, Erin E
Gendered Lives in the Western Indian Ocean Islam, Marriage, and Sexuality on the Swahili Coast - Athens Ohio University Press 2015 - 406p
includes index and biblioraphy
1. Historical Transformations of Gender, Sexuality and Marriage SchoolGirls and women Teachers Colonial Education and the shifting boundaries between girls and women in Zanzibar ..........33 The Value of a Marriage Missionaries, Ex-Slaves, and the Legal Debates over marriage in Colonial Pemba Island ..............60 Two Weddings in Northern Mafia Change in women`s Lives since the 1960s.................85 2. Contemporary experssions of Coastal Feminity and WomanHood Pleasure and Danger .......117 Sex and School on the Southern swahili Coast ........141 Learning to use Swahili Profanity and sacred speech......168 Pleasure and Prohibition ..............209 3. Defining masculinity in Ritual and Marriage Unsuitable husbands .............245 Forming and Performing swahili manhood............................269 Spirit possession and masculinity in Swahili society......191 Being a Good muslim Man .......321 Understanding gendered lives through intimate and global Perspectives..............354
9780821421864 2551
Women
Muslim
Sex-Religious Aspects
N49.6 / ST530
Gendered Lives in the Western Indian Ocean Islam, Marriage, and Sexuality on the Swahili Coast - Athens Ohio University Press 2015 - 406p
includes index and biblioraphy
1. Historical Transformations of Gender, Sexuality and Marriage SchoolGirls and women Teachers Colonial Education and the shifting boundaries between girls and women in Zanzibar ..........33 The Value of a Marriage Missionaries, Ex-Slaves, and the Legal Debates over marriage in Colonial Pemba Island ..............60 Two Weddings in Northern Mafia Change in women`s Lives since the 1960s.................85 2. Contemporary experssions of Coastal Feminity and WomanHood Pleasure and Danger .......117 Sex and School on the Southern swahili Coast ........141 Learning to use Swahili Profanity and sacred speech......168 Pleasure and Prohibition ..............209 3. Defining masculinity in Ritual and Marriage Unsuitable husbands .............245 Forming and Performing swahili manhood............................269 Spirit possession and masculinity in Swahili society......191 Being a Good muslim Man .......321 Understanding gendered lives through intimate and global Perspectives..............354
9780821421864 2551
Women
Muslim
Sex-Religious Aspects
N49.6 / ST530