| The Way the World is |
| Preface |
 | 1 Ethnographic and Theoretical Introduction |
| 2 Akher Zamani Mombasa Swahili History and Contemporary Society |
| 3 The Brotherhood of Coconuts Unity, Conflict, and Narrowing Loyalties |
 | 4 He Who Eats with You Kinship, Family, and Neighborhood |
| • | Kin, Household, and Nuclear Family |
| Swahili Kinship |
| • | Generational Kin Term Uses |
| • | Kin and Expectations |
| • | The Importance of General Expectations |
| Mutual Choice in Forming a Social "Pool" |
| • | "One Character," "Accustomedness," and "Love": The Emotional States Understood as Usual in Close Relationships |
| • | Inclusive Neighborhoods: Old Town Sections |
| • | Residence Choice and Household Location |
| "Adoption" |
| Marriage for Women, Jobs for Men |
| • | Divorce |
| Nuclear Family Life |
| • | Employment |
| • | The Central Place of the Nuclear Family |
| 5 Understanding is Like Hair Limited Cultural Sharing and the Inappropriateness of "All by All" and "Some by Some" Models for Swahili Culture |
| 6 Close One of Your Eyes Concealing Differences Between the Generations and the Uses of "Tokens" |
| 7 Liking Only Those in Your Eye Relationship Terms, Statuses, and Cultural Models |
| 8 Tongues are Spears Shame and Differentiated Conformity |
| 9 Leaning on the Cow's Fat Hump Medical Choices, Unshared Culture, and General Expectations |
| 10 A Wife is Clothes Family Politics, Cultural Organization, and Social Structure |
| 11 The Dynamics of Swahili Culture A Status-Centered View |
| Notes |
| References |
| Index |