Paula Holmes-Eber

Daughters of Tunis

Women, Family, and Networks in a Muslim City

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 437g
• ISBN-13: 9780367315351
• ISBN-10: 0367315351
• Artikelnr.: 57600760

Autorenporträt

Paula Holmes-Eber is a visiting scholar in Middle East Studies and the Department of Anthropology at the University of Washington. She holds a Ph.D. from Northwestern University and was formerly an assistant professor in anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has taught courses in peoples and cultures of the Islamic Middle East, gender and family in the Middle East, and women and development, among other courses.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction
2 Men's and Women's Spaces in Tunis
3 Tea and Visits: Weaving the Web of Exchange
4 Marriage and Family: Miriam's Kin Exclusive Network
5 Sherifa's Street: Migration, Residence Patterns, and Kin Networks
6 Intimate Economies: Nura's Neighbor Network
7 Women's Religious Celebrations: Status, Class, and Hannan's Friendship Pattern
8 Conclusions