The Way the World is

  Preface

 expand section1  Ethnographic and Theoretical Introduction
 expand section2  Akher Zamani  Mombasa Swahili History and Contemporary Society
 collapse section3  The Brotherhood of Coconuts  Unity, Conflict, and Narrowing Loyalties
 Introduction
 Asserting Arab Ethnicity and Its Effect on the Community
 expand sectionNew Community Divisions
 National Politics and Its Indirect, Profound Influence
 Current State of the Community and the Section System
 "Ethnic" Status and the Destruction of the Two-Section System
 Marriage and Community in Contemporary Mombasa
 "Clans" and Other Designations Wrongly or Rarely Used
 Residence
 Outside Contacts and Community Importance
 Diminished Prosperity
 Less Expensive Life-Crises Rituals
 expand section4  He Who Eats with You  Kinship, Family, and Neighborhood
 expand section5  Understanding is Like Hair  Limited Cultural Sharing and the Inappropriateness of "All by All" and "Some by Some" Models for Swahili Culture
 expand section6  Close One of Your Eyes  Concealing Differences Between the Generations and the Uses of "Tokens"
 expand section7  Liking Only Those in Your Eye  Relationship Terms, Statuses, and Cultural Models
 expand section8  Tongues are Spears  Shame and Differentiated Conformity
 expand section9  Leaning on the Cow's Fat Hump  Medical Choices, Unshared Culture, and General Expectations
 expand section10  A Wife is Clothes  Family Politics, Cultural Organization, and Social Structure
 expand section11  The Dynamics of Swahili Culture  A Status-Centered View

 expand sectionNotes
  References
 expand sectionIndex

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