Allah Made Us

Sexual Outlaws in an Islamic African City

AvRudolf Pell Gaudio

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

Del 2 i serien New Directions in Ethnography

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Beskrivning

A rich and engrossing account of 'sexual outlaws' in the Hausa-speaking region of northern Nigeria, where Islamic law requires strict separation of the sexes and different rules of behavior for women and men in virtually every facet of life. The first ethnographic study of sexual minorities in Africa, and one of very few works on sexual minorities in the Islamic worldEngagingly written, combining innovative, ethnographic narrative with analyses of sociolinguistic transcripts, historical texts, and popular media, including video, film, newspapers, and song-poetryAnalyzes the social experiences and expressive culture of ‘yan daudu (feminine men in Nigerian Hausaland) in relation to local, national, and global debates over gender and sexuality at the turn of the twenty-first centuryWinner of the 2009 Ruth Benedict Prize in the category of "Outstanding Monograph"

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-04-09
Mått:154 x 230 x 21 mm
Vikt:386 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:New Directions in Ethnography
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9781405152525

Utforska kategorier

Etnicitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Rudolf P. Gaudio is Associate Professor of Anthropology at SUNY, Purchase, where he teaches courses in African, media and performance studies.

Recensioner i media

"This text provides some challenging insights into the whole arena of identity construction at individual and group levels." (PsycCRITIQUES, January 2010) "Both scholarly and enthralling, Allah Made Us succeeds in introducing us to a fascinating world usually hidden from Western view, as well as making a strong case for how sexual and gender expression and—its transgression—is deeply embedded in individual cultures." (Gay & Lesbian Review, November 2009)

Innehållsförteckning

List of Figures viii Acknowledgments ixNotes on Orthography, Translation and Transcription xiii1 Introducing 'Yan Daudu 12 People of the Bariki 293 Out in the Open 614 Women's Talk, Men's Secrets 895 Playing with Faith 1176 Men on Film 1437 Lost and Found in Translation 175Epilogue: May God Keep a Secret 196Glossary of Hausa terms 206Bibliography 210Index 228