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Five women of Sennar : culture & change in central Sudan / Susan M. Kenyon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kenyon, Susan M.
- Series:
- Anthropology online.
- Anthropology online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Sudan--Sennar.
- Women.
- Sennar (Sudan)--Social conditions.
- Sennar (Sudan).
- Sudan--Sennar.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (237 pages).
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Long Grove, Ill. : Waveland Press, Inc., 2004.
- Language Note:
- This edition in English.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- "In this second edition of the highly regarded original, five Muslim women and their families from the town of Sennar, Central Sudan, update their life stories. Halima, the hairdresser; Fatima, the market woman; Zachara, the midwife; Bitt al-Jamil, the faith healer; and Naiema, leader of tombura zar spirit possession, each look back on their lives, their families, and their work in accounts that now span more than twenty years. The women's own voices provide insight into how ordinary individuals deal with the challenges of making a living, raising a family, and leading a good life in twentieth-century Sudan while Kenyon situates the narratives in the larger historical and ethnographic context."--ORIGINAL BOOK JACKET.
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2012. (Anthropology online). Available via World Wide Web.
- OCLC:
- 654246986
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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