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



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Autore: Holmes-Eber Paula Visualizza persona
Titolo: Daughters of Tunis : women, family, and networks in a Muslim city / / Paula Holmes-Eber Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : Routledge, , 2018
©2003
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (191 p.)
Disciplina: 306/.099611
Soggetto topico: Women - Tunisia - Tunis - Social conditions
Women - Tunisia - Tunis - Social life and customs
Women - Social networks - Tunisia - Tunis
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
Titolo autorizzato: Daughters of Tunis  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-429-98074-4
9780786749102
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910789332603321
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