The graves of Tarim : genealogy and mobility across the Indian Ocean.
Ho, Engseng.
The graves of Tarim : genealogy and mobility across the Indian Ocean. / Engseng. Ho. - , Berkeley : University of California Press , ©2006. - xxvi, 379 pages : illustrations, maps :24cm.
Preface: Hadrawi society, an old diaspora
I: BURIAL: The society of the absent
Geography, a pathway through history
A resolute localism
Conclusion to Part I: Making Tarim a place of return
II: GENEALOGICAL TRAVEL: Ecumenical Islam in an oceanic world
Hybrid texts: genealogy as light and as law
Creole kingship: genealogy as gift
Conclusion to Part II: Local cosmopolitans
III: RETURNS: Return as pilgrimage
Repatriation
The view from the verandah
Evictions
Concluding remarks: Names beyond nations
Ranging from Arabia to India and Southeast Asia, this work explores the transcultural exchanges that enabled Hadrami Yemeni descendants of the Muslim prophet Muhammad to become locals in each of the three regions, yet remain cosmopolitans with vital connections across the ocean
9780520244542
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Antiquities
History
Regions & Countries
Asia & the Middle East
Anthropology Cultural
953.35 HO
The graves of Tarim : genealogy and mobility across the Indian Ocean. / Engseng. Ho. - , Berkeley : University of California Press , ©2006. - xxvi, 379 pages : illustrations, maps :24cm.
Preface: Hadrawi society, an old diaspora
I: BURIAL: The society of the absent
Geography, a pathway through history
A resolute localism
Conclusion to Part I: Making Tarim a place of return
II: GENEALOGICAL TRAVEL: Ecumenical Islam in an oceanic world
Hybrid texts: genealogy as light and as law
Creole kingship: genealogy as gift
Conclusion to Part II: Local cosmopolitans
III: RETURNS: Return as pilgrimage
Repatriation
The view from the verandah
Evictions
Concluding remarks: Names beyond nations
Ranging from Arabia to India and Southeast Asia, this work explores the transcultural exchanges that enabled Hadrami Yemeni descendants of the Muslim prophet Muhammad to become locals in each of the three regions, yet remain cosmopolitans with vital connections across the ocean
9780520244542
International Book Distributors : Flat no. 17, Prakash Apartment, 4405/2, 5 Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi.
Antiquities
History
Regions & Countries
Asia & the Middle East
Anthropology Cultural
953.35 HO
