Middle Eastern women and the invisible economy / edited by Richard A. Lobban, Jr. ; foreword by Elizabeth W. Fernea. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lobban, Richard Andrew, Jr., 1943-

Fernea, Elizabeth Warnock, 1927-2008.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Employment--Arab countries.

Women.

Informal sector (Economics)--Arab countries.

Informal sector (Economics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 302 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c1998.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Nubian women and the shadow economy / Anne M. Jennings

Baggara women as market strategists / Barbara J. Michael

Invisible survivors : women and diversity in the transitional economy of Yemen / Delores M. Walters

The invisible economy, survival, and empowerment : five cases from Atbara, Sudan / Nada Mustafa M. Ali

Urban Egyptian women in the informal health care sector / Marcia C. Inhorn

Nest eggs of gold and beans : Baladi Egyptian women's invisible capital / Evelyn A. Early.

Women, work, and the informal economy in rural Egypt / Barbara K. Larson

Women and home-based microenterprises / Marie Butler

"Invisible" work, work at home: the condition of Tunisian women / Sophie Ferchiou

Women in the invisible economy in Tunis / Richard A. Lobban, Jr.

The invisible economy at the edges of the Medina of Tunis / Isabelle Berry-Chikhaoui

Marcel : straddling visible and invisible Lebanese economies / Suad Joseph

Women in Cairo's (in)visible economy : linking local and national trends / Homa Hoodfar

Engaging informality : women, work, and politics in Cairo / Diane Singerman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-8130-2291-6