Hillewaert Morality at the Margins

Youth, Language, and Islam in Coastal Kenya
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-8232-8653-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hillewaert, Sarah

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Leben & Praxis
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface ix

Introduction 1

Interlude 1: Mila Yetu Hufujika (Our Traditions Are Being Destroyed), by Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulkadir 41

1. “This Is Lamu”: Belonging, Morality, and Materiality 46

2. Dialects of Morality 76

Interlude 2: kiSwahili, by Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulkadir 114

3. “Youth” as a Discursive Construct 121

4. Reframing Morality through Youthful Voices 153

Interlude 3: Tupijeni Makamama (Let’s Embrace), by Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulkadir 187

5. Senses of Morality and Morality of the Senses 191

Epilogue 233

Appendix: Note on Language 247

Acknowledgments 257

Notes 261

Bibliography 271

Index 293

Über Autor(innen)

Hillewaert Sarah:
Sarah Hillewaert is Assistant Professor of Linguistic Anthropology at the University of Toronto.Sarah Hillewaert is Assistant Professor of Linguistic Anthropology at the University of Toronto.