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, 2013. - 1 online resource (306 pages) - African Studies . - African Studies. .
Includes bibliographical references 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.
English.
9781107336612 (electronic bk.) 1107336619 (electronic bk.) 1139198831 (electronic bk.) 9781139198837 (electronic bk.) 1299257488 9781299257481 1107326850 9781107326859 1107236428 9781107236424 1107533783 9781107533783 1107332532 9781107332539 1107333296 9781107333291
40022472487
2012042700
GBB2A4907 bnb
Slavery--History.--Africa, Eastern
Slavery--History.--Tanzania--Pemba
Slaves--Emancipation--History.--Africa, Eastern
Slaves--Emancipation--History.--Tanzania--Pemba
Slavery--Religious aspects--Islam.
Esclaves--Affranchissement--Histoire.--Afrique orientale
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Slavery.
Slavery--Religious aspects--Islam.
Slavery.
Slaves--Emancipation.
Sklaverei
Freigelassener
Emanzipation
Sozialer Wandel
Bewältigung
Eastern Africa.
Tansania
Pemba
Electronic books.
History.
HT1326 .M36 2013
306.3/6209676 306.36209676
Slavery and Emancipation in Islamic East Africa : From Honor to Respectability. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (306 pages) - African Studies . - African Studies. .
Includes bibliographical references 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.
English.
9781107336612 (electronic bk.) 1107336619 (electronic bk.) 1139198831 (electronic bk.) 9781139198837 (electronic bk.) 1299257488 9781299257481 1107326850 9781107326859 1107236428 9781107236424 1107533783 9781107533783 1107332532 9781107332539 1107333296 9781107333291
40022472487
2012042700
GBB2A4907 bnb
Slavery--History.--Africa, Eastern
Slavery--History.--Tanzania--Pemba
Slaves--Emancipation--History.--Africa, Eastern
Slaves--Emancipation--History.--Tanzania--Pemba
Slavery--Religious aspects--Islam.
Esclaves--Affranchissement--Histoire.--Afrique orientale
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Slavery.
Slavery--Religious aspects--Islam.
Slavery.
Slaves--Emancipation.
Sklaverei
Freigelassener
Emanzipation
Sozialer Wandel
Bewältigung
Eastern Africa.
Tansania
Pemba
Electronic books.
History.
HT1326 .M36 2013
306.3/6209676 306.36209676