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
- Winner of the 2009 Ruth Benedict Prize in the category of ‘Outstanding Monograph’
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Tabella dei contenuti
List of Figures viii
Acknowledgments ix
Notes on Orthography, Translation and Transcription xiii
1 Introducing ‘Yan Daudu 1
2 People of the Bariki 29
3 Out in the Open 61
4 Women’s Talk, Men’s Secrets 89
5 Playing with Faith 117
6 Men on Film 143
7 Lost and Found in Translation 175
Epilogue: May God Keep a Secret 196
Glossary of Hausa terms 206
Bibliography 210
Index 228
Circa l’autore
Rudolf P. Gaudio is Associate Professor of Anthropology at SUNY, Purchase, where he teaches courses in African, media and performance studies.
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Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● ISBN 9781444356625 ● Dimensione 1.8 MB ● Casa editrice John Wiley & Sons ● Paese GB ● Pubblicato 2011 ● Edizione 1 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 2389842 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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