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Daughters Of Tunis : Women, Family, And Networks In A Muslim City.
Daughters of Tunis is an innovative ethnography that carefully weaves the words and intimate, personal stories of four Tunisian women and their families with a statistical analysis of women's survival strategies in a rapidly urbanizing, industrializing Muslim nation. Delineating three distinct...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boulder :
Taylor and Francis,
2002.
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| Colección: | Westview case studies in anthropology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Series Editor Preface; Preface; Acknowledgments; Notes on Language Use and Transliteration of Tunisian Arabic; 1 INTRODUCTION; Women, Family, and Social Change in Tunisia; Households, Development, and Women's Survival Networks; The Study; Notes; 2 MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SPACES IN TUNIS; Moving into and out of Men's Spaces; Class and Domestic Space in Tunis; Notes; 3 TEA AND VISITS: WEAVING THE WEB OF EXCHANGE; Visits and Exchange; Class, Social Status, and Visiting Networks; Weaving the Web of Exchange: Meeting the Women in the Study.
- Notes4 MARRIAGE AND FAMILY: MIRIAM'S KIN EXCLUSIVE NETWORK; The Importance of Family: Kin Exclusive Networks; Keeping the Family Together: Endogamy and Kin Networks; Visits and Marriage; Notes; 5 SHERIFA'S STREET: MIGRATION, RESIDENCE PATTERNS, AND KIN NETWORKS; Defining Kinship; The Kinship Neighborhood; Migration and Long-Distance Visits; Kin Exclusive Networks and Migration; Notes; 6 INTIMATE ECONOMIES: NURA'S NEIGHBOR NETWORK; The Neighbor Network; Neighborhoods and Networks; Intimate Economies: Daily Exchange and the Informal Social Security System.
- Housing Arrangements and Long-Term VisitsNotes; 7 WOMEN'S RELIGIOUS CELEBRATIONS: STATUS, CLASS, AND HANNAN'S FRIENDSHIP PATTERN; Hannan and the Friendship Pattern; Visits at Religious Holidays ('Eedet); Visits at Life Cycle Events or Mounesibet; Notes; 8 CONCLUSIONS; Notes; Appendix 1: The Survey; Appendix 2: Tables; Glossary; Glossary of Tunisian Kinship Terms; Suggestions for Further Reading; Bibliography; Index.