Elke E Stockreiter
Biographic Data
| ID | 215517 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elke E Stockreiter |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elke E |
| FAMILY NAME | Stockreiter |
| SIGNATURE | STOCKREITER E E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Iowa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Countless Blessings: A History of Childbirth and Reproduction in the Sahel
Countless Blessings offers a compelling and beautifully crafted history of reproduction and emotions in Sahelian Africa. Looking at individuals, households, and institutions, the work sets out to explain the meaning of childbirth for Nigeriens and their preference for multiple children. This preference is embedded in a paradox: although Niger has the world's highest fertility rate, it is also grappling with issues of infertility. Barbara Cooper e…
Preserving and Digitizing Djenné’s Manuscript Collections: The Politics of Space and Agency in Central Mali
This article explores archival practices and ownership of the largely Arabic manuscript collections at the Djenné Manuscript Library. From 2009 to 2017 grants from the British Library’s Endangered Archives Programme enabled the preservation of 8,520 manuscripts and digitization of about 400,000 folios. In a politically volatile environment like Mali, the future of historical research is mostly contingent on the availability of digital archives. W…
Materialism, Contention, and Rebellion
From the 1900s to the 1940s in the British protectorate of Zanzibar, women and men rebelled against previous notions of marriage, seeking to shape conjugal unions according to their own interests in a changing political economy. While the endogamous and arranged nature of marriage reinforced cleavages and epitomized elders’ control over juniors, the materialization of marriage, tied into intergenerational and gender conflicts, culminated in a mar…
The Ignorant Do Not Belong to Any Particular Sect”: Legal Practice and Social Identities in Colonial Zanzibar
Omani and British reforms of Zanzibar’s judiciary date back to the 1820s, when the abolition of the slave trade justified Western control of the sultanate’s political economy. The sultan enacted the abolition of slavery as a legal status in 1897, seven years after Zanzibar had become a British protectorate. Through the lens of a 1948 inheritance case, I analyze how colonial judicial reforms shaped the negotiation of grievances and the judges’ int…
TheKadhis' Alienation and Autonomy
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Islamic Law, Gender and Social Change in Post-Abolition Zanzibar
After the abolition of slavery in 1897, Islamic courts in Zanzibar (East Africa) became central institutions where former slaves negotiated socioeconomic participation. By using difficult-to-read Islamic court records in Arabic, Elke Stockreiter reassesses the workings of these courts as well as gender and social relations in Zanzibar Town during British colonial rule (1890–1963). She shows how Muslim judges maintained their autonomy within the s…
British Perceptions of Concubinage and the Patriarchal Arab Household: The Reluctant Abolition of Slavery in Zanzibar, 1890s–1900s
This article explores the reluctant manumission of concubines in the British protectorate of Zanzibar. Informed by the sultan and the Arab oligarchy, the British regarded concubinage as a most common practice and concubines as central figures in the Arab household. Considering concubines who gave birth to children by their owners as wives, they surmised that the patriarchal Muslim family would disintegrate if concubines left their owners and chil…
Britishkadhis" and "Muslim judges: Modernisation, inconsistencies and accommodation in Zanzibar's colonial judiciary
Contextualising the creation of Zanzibar's colonial judiciary within the British Empire, this article explores contradictions in the British approach towards the application of Islamic law in this protectorate. The British upheld the existing legal system, shari'a, as the fundamental law yet, striving towards uniformity, impartiality and cost effectiveness, they restricted the scope of jurisdiction of kadhis, or Muslim judges, introduced Indian c…
Britishkadhis" and "Muslim judges: Modernisation, inconsistencies and accommodation in Zanzibar's colonial judiciary
Contextualising the creation of Zanzibar's colonial judiciary within the British Empire, this article explores contradictions in the British approach towards the application of Islamic law in this protectorate. The British upheld the existing legal system, shari'a, as the fundamental law yet, striving towards uniformity, impartiality and cost effectiveness, they restricted the scope of jurisdiction of kadhis, or Muslim judges, introduced Indian c…
Britishkadhis" and "Muslim judges: Modernisation, inconsistencies and accommodation in Zanzibar's colonial judiciary
Contextualising the creation of Zanzibar's colonial judiciary within the British Empire, this article explores contradictions in the British approach towards the application of Islamic law in this protectorate. The British upheld the existing legal system, shari'a, as the fundamental law yet, striving towards uniformity, impartiality and cost effectiveness, they restricted the scope of jurisdiction of kadhis, or Muslim judges, introduced Indian c…
TheKadhis' Alienation and Autonomy
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Islamic Law, Gender and Social Change in Post-Abolition Zanzibar
After the abolition of slavery in 1897, Islamic courts in Zanzibar (East Africa) became central institutions where former slaves negotiated socioeconomic participation. By using difficult-to-read Islamic court records in Arabic, Elke Stockreiter reassesses the workings of these courts as well as gender and social relations in Zanzibar Town during British colonial rule (1890–1963). She shows how Muslim judges maintained their autonomy within the s…
British Perceptions of Concubinage and the Patriarchal Arab Household: The Reluctant Abolition of Slavery in Zanzibar, 1890s–1900s
This article explores the reluctant manumission of concubines in the British protectorate of Zanzibar. Informed by the sultan and the Arab oligarchy, the British regarded concubinage as a most common practice and concubines as central figures in the Arab household. Considering concubines who gave birth to children by their owners as wives, they surmised that the patriarchal Muslim family would disintegrate if concubines left their owners and chil…
Materialism, Contention, and Rebellion
From the 1900s to the 1940s in the British protectorate of Zanzibar, women and men rebelled against previous notions of marriage, seeking to shape conjugal unions according to their own interests in a changing political economy. While the endogamous and arranged nature of marriage reinforced cleavages and epitomized elders’ control over juniors, the materialization of marriage, tied into intergenerational and gender conflicts, culminated in a mar…
The Ignorant Do Not Belong to Any Particular Sect”: Legal Practice and Social Identities in Colonial Zanzibar
Omani and British reforms of Zanzibar’s judiciary date back to the 1820s, when the abolition of the slave trade justified Western control of the sultanate’s political economy. The sultan enacted the abolition of slavery as a legal status in 1897, seven years after Zanzibar had become a British protectorate. Through the lens of a 1948 inheritance case, I analyze how colonial judicial reforms shaped the negotiation of grievances and the judges’ int…
Preserving and Digitizing Djenné’s Manuscript Collections: The Politics of Space and Agency in Central Mali
This article explores archival practices and ownership of the largely Arabic manuscript collections at the Djenné Manuscript Library. From 2009 to 2017 grants from the British Library’s Endangered Archives Programme enabled the preservation of 8,520 manuscripts and digitization of about 400,000 folios. In a politically volatile environment like Mali, the future of historical research is mostly contingent on the availability of digital archives. W…
Countless Blessings: A History of Childbirth and Reproduction in the Sahel
Countless Blessings offers a compelling and beautifully crafted history of reproduction and emotions in Sahelian Africa. Looking at individuals, households, and institutions, the work sets out to explain the meaning of childbirth for Nigeriens and their preference for multiple children. This preference is embedded in a paradox: although Niger has the world's highest fertility rate, it is also grappling with issues of infertility. Barbara Cooper e…
Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (5 works) · Colonialism (4 works) · History (4 works) · History (4 works) · Islamic Studies and History (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works)