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Author:

Hillewaert, Sarah, author.

Title:

Morality at the margins : youth, language, and Islam in coastal Kenya / Sarah Hillewaert.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Fordham University Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

xxi, 302 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Subject:

Muslim youth--Lamu Island--Lamu Island--Social conditions--21st century.
Social change--Lamu Island.--Lamu Island.
Swahili language--Lamu Island.--Lamu Island.
Nonverbal communication--Lamu Island.--Lamu Island.
Lamu Island (Kenya)--Social conditions--20th century.
Muslim youth--Social conditions.
Nonverbal communication.
Social change.
Social conditions.
Swahili language.
Kenya--Lamu Island.
1900-2099

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Interlude 1: Mila Yetu Hufujika (Our Traditions Are Being Destroyed), by Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulkadir -- "This Is Lamu": Belonging, Morality, and Materiality -- Dialects of Morality -- Interlude 2: kiSwahili, by Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulkadir -- "Youth" as a Discursive Construct -- Reframing Morality through Youthful Voices -- Interlude 3: Tupijeni Makamama (Let's Embrace), by Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulkadir -- Senses of Morality and Morality of the Senses

Summary:

"What does it mean to be young, modern, and Muslim? Documenting everyday life in Lamu (Kenya), this book explores the mundane practices of behavior and speech that create moral personhood. In elaborating everyday practices of Islamic pluralism, the book shows how Muslim societies critically engage with change while sustaining a sense of integrity and morality"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0823286509
9780823286508
0823286517
9780823286515

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1107815339

LCCN:

2019028489

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)