Preface: Hadrawi society, an old diaspora -- I: BURIAL: The society of the absent -- Geography, a pathway through history -- A resolute localism -- Conclusion to Part I: Making Tarim a place of return -- II: GENEALOGICAL TRAVEL: Ecumenical Islam in an oceanic world -- Hybrid texts: genealogy as light and as law -- Creole kingship: genealogy as gift -- Conclusion to Part II: Local cosmopolitans -- III: RETURNS: Return as pilgrimage -- Repatriation -- The view from the verandah -- Evictions -- Concluding remarks: Names beyond nations
Summary
Ranging from Arabia to India and Southeast Asia, this work explores the transcultural exchanges that enabled Hadrami Yemeni descendants of the Muslim prophet Muhammad to become locals in each of the three regions, yet remain cosmopolitans with vital connections across the ocean
Notes
"A Philip E. Lilienthal book in Asian studies"--Page 4 of cover
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-357) and index
