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Work, Social Status, and Gender in Post-Slavery Mauritania /

Although slavery was legally abolished in 1981 in Mauritania, its legacy lives on in the political, economic, and social discriminationagainst ex-slaves and their descendants. Katherine Ann Wiley examines the shifting roles of Muslim 'ara'in (ex-slaves and their descendants) women, who pro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wiley, Katherine Ann (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.