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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789332603321

Autore

Holmes-Eber Paula

Titolo

Daughters of Tunis : women, family, and networks in a Muslim city / / Paula Holmes-Eber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : Routledge, , 2018

©2003

ISBN

0-429-98074-4

9780786749102

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Disciplina

306/.099611

Soggetti

Women - Tunisia - Tunis - Social conditions

Women - Tunisia - Tunis - Social life and customs

Women - Social networks - Tunisia - Tunis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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