1st Edition
Daughters of Tunis Women, Family, and Networks in a Muslim City
By Paula Holmes-Eber
Copyright 2003
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Series Editor Preface -- Preface -- Notes on Language Use and Transliteration of Tunisian Arabic -- Introduction -- Men's and Women's Spaces in Tunis -- Tea and Visits: Weaving the Web of Exchange -- Marriage and Family: Miriam's Kin Exclusive Network -- Sherifa's Street: Migration, Residence Patterns, and Kin Networks -- Intimate Economies: Nura's Neighbor Network -- Women's Religious Celebrations: Status, Class, and Hannan's Friendship Pattern -- Conclusions -- The Survey -- Tables
Biography
Holmes-Eber, Paula
