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Downtown ladies : informal commercial importers, a Haitian anthropologist, and self-making in Jamaica /

The Caribbean?market woman? is ingrained in the popular imagination as the archetype of black womanhood in countries throughout the region. Challenging this stereotype and other outdated images of black women, Downtown Ladies offers a more complex picture by documenting the history of independent in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ulysse, Gina Athena
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Colección:Women in culture and society.
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