Allah Made Us: Sexual Outlaws in an Islamic African City

A 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"

Author: Rudolf Pell Gaudio
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 05/01/2009
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781405152525

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 06/12/2009 pg. 20
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2009 pg. 136

About the Author
Rudolf P. Gaudio is Associate Professor of Anthropology at SUNY, Purchase, where he teaches courses in African, media and performance studies.