ISBN:
9780253036216
,
9780253036223
Language:
English
Pages:
pages cm
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Wiley, Katherine Ann, author Work, social status, and gender in post-slavery Mauritania
DDC:
305.4869709661
Keywords:
Muslim women Social conditions
;
Muslim women Economic conditions
;
Social status
;
Mauritania Social conditions 21st century
;
Mauretanien
;
Muslimin
;
Soziale Situation
Abstract:
Introduction: I will make you my servant: social status, gender, and work -- From Black to Green: changing political economy and social status in Kankossa -- "We work for our lives": revaluing femininity and work in a post-slavery market -- Joking market women: critiquing and negotiating gender roles and social hierarchy -- Women's market strategies: building social networks, protecting resources, and managing credit -- Making people bigger: wedding exchange and the creation of social value -- Embodying and performing gender and social status through the malafa (Mauritanian veil) -- Conclusion: social rank in the neoliberal era
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
