The edge of Islam
Subtitle: power, personhood, and ethnoreligious boundaries on the Kenya Coast
By: Janet McIntosh.
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780822344964; 9780822345091
Subjects: 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The edge of Islam; title: Origin stories : the rise of ethnic boundaries on the Coast; title: Blood money in motion : profit, personhood, and the Jini narratives; title: Toxic bodies and intentional minds : hegemony and ideology in Giriama conversion experiences; title: Rethinking syncretism : religious pluralism and code choice in a context of ethnoreligious tension; title: Divination and madness : the powers and dangers of Arabic.