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Global flows, local appropriations: facets of secularisation and re-Islamization among contemporary Cape muslims
[phd thesis]
Abstract This is the first ethnographic study of muslims in Cape Town, South Africa at this level in 25 years. It explores processes of secularisation and re-islamization among Cape Muslims in the context of a post-apartheid South Africa in which liberal and secular values have attained considerable purchase... view more
This is the first ethnographic study of muslims in Cape Town, South Africa at this level in 25 years. It explores processes of secularisation and re-islamization among Cape Muslims in the context of a post-apartheid South Africa in which liberal and secular values have attained considerable purchase in the new political and social elites. Fractured by status, ethnicity and religious orientation, Cape muslims have responded to these changes through an ambiguous accomodation with the new order. This study explores this development through chapters on conversions to Islam among black Africans in Cape Town, Cape women's experiences with polygyny, Cape muslims and HIV/AIDS, the status of Islam in a prison Cape Town in the post-apartheid era and on contestation over rituals among Cape muslims.... view less
Keywords
AIDS; conversion; African; Islam; ethnic group; secularization; ritual; Africa; sex behavior; Muslim; Republic of South Africa; minority
Classification
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology
Sociology of Religion
Document language
English
Publication Year
2007
Publisher
Amsterdam Univ. Press
City
Amsterdam
Page/Pages
354 p.
Series
ISIM Dissertations
ISBN
978-90-5356-015-0
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works