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Islamic and Caste Knowledge Practices among Haalpulaaren in Senegal
- Between Mosque and Termite Mound
Engelsk Paperback

Islamic and Caste Knowledge Practices among Haalpulaaren in Senegal

- Between Mosque and Termite Mound
Engelsk Paperback

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This book examines in historical perspective the hitherto little-studied relationship between Islam and caste among the Haalpulaaren of Senegal. The Islamic uprising of the 1770s, which established a class of Islamic clerics in positions of authority in the Senegal river valley, had long-term consequences for the social relations between clerics and caste groups. The book examines how at different historical junctures attempts were made to negotiate the equalitarian claims of a universalist faith with the expression of social differentiation lying at the heart of caste inequality. While the existing literature focuses on those who established Islam within the region, this present work provides insights into how marginalised artisans, poets and musicians understood themselves and how they responded to a faith which had become the cornerstone of social prestige and status. It analyses the knowledge practices of clerics and of specialised craft groups, arguing that they are crucial for our understandin
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
270
ISBN-13:
9780748619900
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0748619909
Udg. Dato:
21 jul 2004
Længde:
15mm
Bredde:
233mm
Højde:
157mm
Forlag:
Edinburgh University Press
Oplagsdato:
21 jul 2004
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