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The Edge of Islam explores themes as wide-ranging as spirit possession, divination, healing rituals, madness, symbolic pollution, ideologies of money, linguistic code-switching, and syncretism and its alternatives. McIntosh shows how the differing versions of Islam practiced by Swahili and Giriama, and their differing understandings of personhood, have figured in the growing divisions between the two groups. Her ethnographic analysis helps to explain why Giriama view Islam, a supposedly universal religion, as belonging more deeply to certain ethnic groups than to others; why Giriama use Islam in their rituals despite the fact that so many do not consider the religion their own; and how Giriama appropriations of Islam subtly reinforce a distance between the religion and themselves. The Edge of Islam advances understanding of ethnic essentialism, religious plurality, spirit possession, local conceptions of personhood, and the many meanings of "Islam" across cultures.
The Edge of Islam explores themes as wide-ranging as spirit possession, divination, healing rituals, madness, symbolic pollution, ideologies of money, linguistic code-switching, and syncretism and its alternatives. McIntosh shows how the differing versions of Islam practiced by Swahili and Giriama, and their differing understandings of personhood, have figured in the growing divisions between the two groups. Her ethnographic analysis helps to explain why Giriama view Islam, a supposedly universal religion, as belonging more deeply to certain ethnic groups than to others; why Giriama use Islam in their rituals despite the fact that so many do not consider the religion their own; and how Giriama appropriations of Islam subtly reinforce a distance between the religion and themselves. The Edge of Islam advances understanding of ethnic essentialism, religious plurality, spirit possession, local conceptions of personhood, and the many meanings of "Islam" across cultures.
Note on Language xiii
Introduction. The Edge of Islam 1
1. Origin Stories: The Rise of Ethnic Boundaries on the Coast 45
2. Blood Money in Motion: Profit, Personhood, and the Jini Narratives 89
3. Toxic Bodies and Intentional Minds: Hegemony and Ideology in Giriama Conversion Experiences 127
4. Rethinking Syncretism: Religious Pluralism and Code Choice in a Context of Ethnoreligious Tension 177
5. Divination and Madness: The Powers and Dangers of Arabic 221
Epilogue 257
Notes 263
Bibliography 289
Index 313
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Völkerkunde |
| Genre: | Importe |
| Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
| Rubrik: | Völkerkunde |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780822345091 |
| ISBN-10: | 0822345099 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Mcintosh, Janet |
| Hersteller: | Duke University Press |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 229 x 152 x 18 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Janet Mcintosh |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 29.07.2009 |
| Gewicht: | 0,496 kg |
Note on Language xiii
Introduction. The Edge of Islam 1
1. Origin Stories: The Rise of Ethnic Boundaries on the Coast 45
2. Blood Money in Motion: Profit, Personhood, and the Jini Narratives 89
3. Toxic Bodies and Intentional Minds: Hegemony and Ideology in Giriama Conversion Experiences 127
4. Rethinking Syncretism: Religious Pluralism and Code Choice in a Context of Ethnoreligious Tension 177
5. Divination and Madness: The Powers and Dangers of Arabic 221
Epilogue 257
Notes 263
Bibliography 289
Index 313
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Völkerkunde |
| Genre: | Importe |
| Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
| Rubrik: | Völkerkunde |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780822345091 |
| ISBN-10: | 0822345099 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Mcintosh, Janet |
| Hersteller: | Duke University Press |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 229 x 152 x 18 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Janet Mcintosh |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 29.07.2009 |
| Gewicht: | 0,496 kg |
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