ISBN:
0786749105
,
9780786749102
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 166 p)
Series Statement:
Westview case studies in anthropology
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Holmes-Eber, Paula Daughters of Tunis : women, family, and networks in a Muslim city
DDC:
306/.099611
Keywords:
Women Social life and customs
;
Women Social networks
;
Muslim women
;
Women in Islam
;
Ethnology
;
Women Social conditions
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
;
Ethnology
;
Muslim women
;
Women in Islam
;
Women ; Social conditions
;
Women ; Social life and customs
;
Women ; Social networks
;
Soziale Situation
;
Frau
;
Vrouwen
;
Familierelaties
;
Sociale netwerken
;
Islam
;
Frau
;
Tunisia ; Tunis
;
Tunis
Abstract:
Men's and women's spaces in Tunis -- Tea and visits : weaving the web of exchange -- Marriage and family : Miriam's kin exclusive network -- Sherifa's street : migration, residence patterns, and kin networks -- Intimate economies : Nura's neighbor network -- Women's religious celebrations : status, class, and Hannan's friendship pattern.
Abstract:
This is a small case study of urban women in a Muslim nation. Through a combination of interviews, surveys, participant observation, and statistical data, the book examines how the roles of women are changing greatly in the Middle East (or at least in Tunisia)
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-155) and index
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