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Book SynopsisA breakthrough study of the underexamined lived experience of Islam, sexuality, and gender on the Swahili coast.
Table of Contents* Glossary* Introduction Katrina Daly Thompson and Erin Stiles*Part One: Historical Transformations of Gender, Sexuality and Marriage*1: Schoolgirls and Women Teachers: Colonial Education and the Shifting Boundaries between Girls and Women in Zanzibar Corrie Decker*2: The Value of a Marriage: Missionaries, Ex-slaves, and the Legal Debates over Marriage in Colonial Pemba Island Elisabeth McMahon*3: Two Weddings in northern Mafia: Changes in Women's Lives in the 1960s Pat Caplan*Part Two: Contemporary Expressions of Coastal Femininity and Womanhood*4: Pleasure and Danger: Muslim Views on Sex and Gender in Zanzibar Nadine Beckmann*5: Sex and School on the Southern Swahili Coast: Adolescent Sexuality in the Context of Expanding Education in Rural Mtwara, Tanzania Meghan Halley*6: Learning to use Swahili Profanity and Sacred Speech: The Embodied Socialization of a Muslim Bride in Zanzibar Town Katrina Daly Thompson*7: Pleasure and Prohibitions: Reflections on Gender, Knowledge and Sexuality in Zanzibar Town Kjersti Larsen*Part Three: Defining Masculinity in Ritual and Marriage*8: Unsuitable Husbands: Allegations of Impotence in Zanzibari Divorce Suits Erin Stiles*9: Forming and Performing Swahili Manhood: Wedding Rituals of a Lamu Town Groom Rebecca Gearhart*10: Spirit Possession and Masculinity in Swahili Society Linda Giles*11: Being "A Good Muslim Man": Modern Aspirations and Polygynous Intentions in a Swahili Muslim Village Susi Keefe* Afterword Susan Hirsch* Notes* Bibliography* Index
