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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holmes-Eber, Paula, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Tunisia--Tunis--Social conditions.

Women.

Women--Tunisia--Tunis--Social life and customs.

Women--Social networks--Tunisia--Tunis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-98074-4

9780786749102

OCLC:

1024280302