Gendered Lives in the Western Indian Ocean: Islam, Marriage, and Sexuality on the Swahili Coast
Erin E. Stiles, "Gendered Lives in the Western Indian Ocean: Islam, Marriage, and Sexuality on the Swahili Coast "
English | ISBN: 0821421875 | 2015 | 400 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
English | ISBN: 0821421875 | 2015 | 400 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
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.”
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