Allah Made Us [[electronic resource] ] : Sexual Outlaws in an Islamic African City

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910876805603321
• Autore: Gaudio Rudolf Pell
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2009
• ISBN: 1-282-11723-8; 9786612117237; 1-4443-1053-4; 1-4443-1052-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (258 p.)
• Collana: New directions in ethnography Allah made us
• Disciplina: 305.8937; 306.76088/2970966978
• Soggetti: Sexual minorities; Sexual minorities - Social aspects - Nigeria - Kano; Prostitution - Social life and customs - Kano - Nigeria; Sex role - Social life and customs - Nigeria - Kano; Sex customs - Nigeria - Kano; Islamic law - Kano - Nigeria; Muslims - Nigeria - Kano; Hausa (African people) - Nigeria - Kano; Gender & Ethnic Studies; History & Archaeology; Social Sciences; Regions & Countries - Africa; Gender Studies & Sexuality
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ALLAH MADE US; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES ON ORTHOGRAPHY, TRANSLATION AND TRANSCRIPTION; 1 INTRODUCING 'YAN DAUDU; 2 PEOPLE OF THE BARIKI; 3 OUT IN THE OPEN; 4 WOMEN'S TALK, MEN'S SECRETS; 5 PLAYING WITH FAITH; 6 MEN ON FILM; 7 LOST AND FOUND IN TRANSLATION; EPILOGUE MAY ; GOD KEEP A SECRET; GLOSSARY OF HAUSA TERMS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 Anal