Allah Made Us (PDF)
Sexual Outlaws in an Islamic African City
(Sprache: Englisch)
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...
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...
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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
world
* Engagingly written, combining innovative, ethnographic
narrative with analyses of sociolinguistic transcripts, historical
texts, and popular media, including video, film, newspapers, and
song-poetry
* Analyzes 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 century
* Winner of the 2009 Ruth Benedict Prize in the category of
"Outstanding Monograph"
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
world
* Engagingly written, combining innovative, ethnographic
narrative with analyses of sociolinguistic transcripts, historical
texts, and popular media, including video, film, newspapers, and
song-poetry
* Analyzes 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 century
* Winner of the 2009 Ruth Benedict Prize in the category of
"Outstanding Monograph"
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Allah Made Us (PDF)“
List of Figures viii Acknowledgments ix Notes on Orthography, Translation and Transcription xiii 1 Introducing 'Yan Daudu 1 2 People of the Bariki 29 3 Out in the Open 61 4 Women's Talk, Men's Secrets 89 5 Playing with Faith 117 6 Men on Film 143 7 Lost and Found in Translation 175 Epilogue: May God Keep a Secret 196 Glossary of Hausa terms 206 Bibliography 210 Index 228
Autoren-Porträt von Rudolf Pell Gaudio
Rudolf P. Gaudio is Associate Professor of Anthropology at SUNY, Purchase, where he teaches courses in African, media and performance studies.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Rudolf Pell Gaudio
- 2009, 1. Auflage, 256 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 1444310526
- ISBN-13: 9781444310528
- Erscheinungsdatum: 29.04.2009
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