{"product_id":"gendered-lives-in-the-western-indian-ocean-9780821421871","title":"Gendered Lives in the Western Indian Ocean","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA breakthrough study of the underexamined lived experience of Islam, sexuality, and gender on the Swahili coast.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* 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","brand":"Ohio University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405999317335,"sku":"9780821421871","price":26.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780821421871.jpg?v=1730494189","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gendered-lives-in-the-western-indian-ocean-9780821421871","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}