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Holmes-Eber Paula |
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Titolo |
Daughters of Tunis : women, family, and networks in a Muslim city / / Paula Holmes-Eber |
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New York, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : Routledge, , 2018 |
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©2003 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (191 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women - Tunisia - Tunis - Social conditions |
Women - Tunisia - Tunis - Social life and customs |
Women - Social networks - Tunisia - Tunis |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Series Editor Preface; Preface; Acknowledgments; Notes on Language Use and Transliteration of Tunisian Arabic; 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; Appendix 1: The Survey; Appendix 2: Tables; Glossary; Glossary of Tunisian Kinship Terms |
Suggestions for Further ReadingBibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 network strategies, Holmes-Eber demonstrates the ?public" role of neighborhoods as informal social security systems, and the impact of women's education, class and migration on women's resources and networks. An engaging, warm, and oftentimes humorous portrait of Muslim women's responses to d |
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