Slavery and Emancipation in Islamic East Africa : From Honor to Respectability.
McMahon, Elisabeth.
Slavery and Emancipation in Islamic East Africa : From Honor to Respectability. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (306 pages) - African Studies .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Slavery and Emancipation in Islamic East Africa; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Slavery and Emancipation in Islamic East Africa; 1 Introduction; Slavery on the East African Coast; From Honor to Respectability; Going To the Courts; SOURCES; Chapter Outlines; 2 Mzuri Kwao and Slavery in East Africa; The Slave Trade on the East African Coast; Slavery and Emancipation; Vulnerability; Conclusion; 3 Reputation and Disputing in the Courts; Courts on Pemba; Judges and Interlocutors in the Courts; Evidence and Oaths. Disputes in the CourtsPublicizing Reputation; Conclusion; 4 Reputation, Heshima, and Community; Reputation; Leisure and Labor; Displaying Heshima; Heshima and Islam; Reputation, Contracts, and the Courts; Conclusion; 5 Changing Landscapes of Power; Reordering Heshima; Fighting for Honor, Disputing for Respect; "Civilizing" Power; Invisible Landscape of Power; Uchawi on Pemba; Reinterpreting the Archives; Conclusion; 6 Mitigating Vulnerability through Kinship; Friendship and Networked Kin; Family Ties Among Ex-Slaves; Concubines; Claiming and Denying Kinship; Conclusion; Conclusion. Resistance or Vulnerability among WomenShifting Landscapes of Power; Witchcraft, Power, and Slavery; Why Pemba?; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Interviews; House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers; Newspapers; Friends House Library, London (FIM); National Archives (Formerly the Public Records Office), London (PRO); Rhodes House, Oxford (UMCA); Zanzibar National Archives, Tanzania (ZNA); Pemba Branch of Zanzibar National Archives (PNA); Published Reports; Secondary Sources and Published Primary Sources; Index; Series.
Demonstrates the links between emancipation and the redefinition of honour among all classes of people on the island of Pemba.
9781107336612 9781139198837 9781299257481 9781107326859 9781107236424 9781107533783 9781107332539 9781107333291
2012042700
GBB2A4907 bnb
Slavery--History.--Africa, Eastern
Slavery--History.--Tanzania--Pemba
Enslaved persons--Emancipation--History.--Africa, Eastern
Enslaved persons--Emancipation--History.--Tanzania--Pemba
Slavery--Religious aspects--Islam.
Electronic Books.
HT1326 / .S538 2013
Slavery and Emancipation in Islamic East Africa : From Honor to Respectability. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (306 pages) - African Studies .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Slavery and Emancipation in Islamic East Africa; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Slavery and Emancipation in Islamic East Africa; 1 Introduction; Slavery on the East African Coast; From Honor to Respectability; Going To the Courts; SOURCES; Chapter Outlines; 2 Mzuri Kwao and Slavery in East Africa; The Slave Trade on the East African Coast; Slavery and Emancipation; Vulnerability; Conclusion; 3 Reputation and Disputing in the Courts; Courts on Pemba; Judges and Interlocutors in the Courts; Evidence and Oaths. Disputes in the CourtsPublicizing Reputation; Conclusion; 4 Reputation, Heshima, and Community; Reputation; Leisure and Labor; Displaying Heshima; Heshima and Islam; Reputation, Contracts, and the Courts; Conclusion; 5 Changing Landscapes of Power; Reordering Heshima; Fighting for Honor, Disputing for Respect; "Civilizing" Power; Invisible Landscape of Power; Uchawi on Pemba; Reinterpreting the Archives; Conclusion; 6 Mitigating Vulnerability through Kinship; Friendship and Networked Kin; Family Ties Among Ex-Slaves; Concubines; Claiming and Denying Kinship; Conclusion; Conclusion. Resistance or Vulnerability among WomenShifting Landscapes of Power; Witchcraft, Power, and Slavery; Why Pemba?; Bibliography; Primary Sources; Interviews; House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers; Newspapers; Friends House Library, London (FIM); National Archives (Formerly the Public Records Office), London (PRO); Rhodes House, Oxford (UMCA); Zanzibar National Archives, Tanzania (ZNA); Pemba Branch of Zanzibar National Archives (PNA); Published Reports; Secondary Sources and Published Primary Sources; Index; Series.
Demonstrates the links between emancipation and the redefinition of honour among all classes of people on the island of Pemba.
9781107336612 9781139198837 9781299257481 9781107326859 9781107236424 9781107533783 9781107332539 9781107333291
2012042700
GBB2A4907 bnb
Slavery--History.--Africa, Eastern
Slavery--History.--Tanzania--Pemba
Enslaved persons--Emancipation--History.--Africa, Eastern
Enslaved persons--Emancipation--History.--Tanzania--Pemba
Slavery--Religious aspects--Islam.
Electronic Books.
HT1326 / .S538 2013