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02886aam a2200361Ii 4500 001 9C5731A8E96D11E8978F920F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20181116010210 008 170920t20182018enkab b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781108425292 020 $a 1108425291 035 $a (OCoLC)1004255325 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d ERASP $d QGE $d LOA $d OCLCO $d XII $d YDX $d SILO 043 $a f-nr--- 050 4 $a LC911.N6 $b H64 2018 082 04 $a 370.9669/78 $2 23 082 04 $a 960 100 1 $a Hoechner, Hannah, $d 1985- $e author. 245 10 $a Quranic schools in northern Nigeria : $b everyday experiences of youth, faith, and poverty / $c Hannah Hoechner. 264 1 $a London : $b International African Institute ; $c 2018. 300 $a xix, 267 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a The international African library ; $v 54 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-260) and index. 520 8 $a In a global context of widespread fears over Islamic radicalisation and militancy, poor Muslim youth, especially those socialised in religious seminaries, have attracted overwhelmingly negative attention. In northern Nigeria, male Qur'anic students have garnered a reputation of resorting to violence in order to claim their share of highly unequally distributed resources. Drawing on material from long-term ethnographic and participatory fieldwork among Qur'anic students and their communities, this book offers an alternative perspective on youth, faith, and poverty. 505 0 $a Porridge, piety, and patience: Qur'anic schooling in northern Nigeria -- Fair game for unfair accusations? Discourses about Qur'anic students -- 'Secular schooling is schooling for the rich!' : inequality and educational change in northern Nigeria -- Peasants, privations, and piousness : how boys become Qur'anic students -- Inequality at close range : domestic service for the better-off -- Concealment, asceticism, and cunning Americans : how to deal with being poor -- Mango medicine and morality : pursuing a respectable position within society -- Spiritual security services in an insecure setting : Kano's 'prayer economy' -- Roles, risks, and reproduction : what almajiri education implies for society and for the future -- Annex: Synopsis of 'Duniya Juyi Juyi--How Life Goes'. 650 0 $a Islamic religious education of children $z Nigeria. 650 0 $a Islamic religious education $z Nigeria. 650 0 $a Education $z Nigeria. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Hoechner, Hannah, 1985- $t Quranic schools in northern Nigeria. $d London : International African Institute ; Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2018 $z 9781108694322 $w (OCoLC)1030605465 830 0 $a International African library ; $v 54. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210022836.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9C5731A8E96D11E8978F920F97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search