The Omani-Zanzibari Family

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ID6147666
AuthorsRogaia Mustafa Abusharaf (Georgetown University in Qatar, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume16
Issue1-3
Pages60-89
Publication date2018-11-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHawwa (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1569-2078 • E-ISSN: 1569-2086
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/15692086-12341342
OpenAlexW2928595921
LanguageEN
References cited15

Through a multi-sited ethnological lens, this article highlights the influences of political and economic dynamics on the Omani-Zanzibari family construction. It explores the fluid nature of the Omani-Swahili identity, the role of the family institution in regulating morality and sexuality, and the impacts of political events and forces on the development of multiple family configurations. It further analyzes key societal concepts such as marriage, legitimacy, succession, post-forced-displacement adaptation, and evolutionary identity. Through a qualitative study, the author uses fieldwork in Oman and Zanzibar, a range of primary archival sources, dialogues with prominent Omani-Zanzibari personalities, and published and private personal memoirs reflecting key historical periods in the development of Omani-Zanzibari identities to speak to the themes of the Omani polity that are unique to the Gulf

Aesthetics · Human sexuality · Identity (music · Institution · Legitimacy · Memoir · Political science · Politics · Polity · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Socioeconomic Development in MENA

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