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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wiley, Katherine Ann (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social status.
Social conditions.
Muslim women > Social conditions.
Muslim women > Economic conditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gender Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Statut social > Mauritanie.
Musulmanes > Mauritanie > Conditions economiques.
Musulmanes > Mauritanie > Conditions sociales.
Social status > Mauritania.
Muslim women > Mauritania > Economic conditions.
Muslim women > Mauritania > Social conditions.
Mauritania.
Mauritanie > Conditions sociales > 21e siecle.
Mauritania > Social conditions > 21st century.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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