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020 _a9781405152525
028 _a: Technical Bureau India Pvt. Ltd.
_b: 4794/23, 1st Floor, 7, Ansari Road, New Delhi.
_c: TB3374
_d: 07/01/2025
082 _a306.7 GAU
100 _aGaudio, Rudolf Pell.
245 _aAllah Made Us
_b: Sexual Outlaws in an Islamic African City.
_c/ Rudolf Pell Gaudio.
260 _a, New York
_b: John Wiley & Sons
_c, 2009.
300 _axv, 237p.
_c: 24cm.
365 _b2988
520 _aA 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"
650 _aIslamic African
650 _aSexual outlaws
650 _aIslamic African City
700 _aRudolf Pell Gaudio
942 _cBOOK
999 _c62709
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