| Allah Made Us: Sexual Outlaws in an Islamic African City Contributor(s): Gaudio, Rudolf Pell (Author) |
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ISBN: 1405152524 ISBN-13: 9781405152525 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $46.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2009 Annotation: 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 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Islamic Studies - Social Science | Men's Studies |
| Dewey: 306.760 |
| LCCN: 2008051206 |
| Series: New Directions in Ethnography |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.95 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Masculine - Cultural Region - West Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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.
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