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Courtyards, markets, city streets: urban women in Africa
Kathleen E. Sheldon
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Frontmatter
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Preface (page vii)
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Map of African National Capitals and Cities Germane to the Text (page ix)
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Part 1 Introduction
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1 Urban African Women: Courtyards, Markets, City Streets (Kathleen Sheldon, page 3)
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Part 2 Migration and Urbanization
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2 South African Women and MIgration in Umtata, Transkei, 1880-1935 (Sean Redding, page 31)
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3 Transitions in Kenyan Patriarchy: Attempts to Control Nairobi Area Traders, 1920-1963 (Claire C. Robertson, page 47)
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4 Three Genereations of Hausa Women in Kaduna, Nigeria, 1925-1985 (Catherine M. Coles, page 73)
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Part 3 Courtyards: Marriage, Family and Housing
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5 Washing Dirty Laundry in Public: Local Courts, Custom, and Gender Relations in Postcolonial Lusaka (Karen Tranberg Hansen, page 105)
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6 Can Polygyny Be Avoided in Dakar? (Phillipe Antoine and Jeanne Nanitelamio(translated by Laura Mitchell), page 129)
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7 Health, Gender Relations, and Poverty in the AIDS Era (Brooke Grundfest Schoepf, page 153)
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8 Moving and Coping: Women Tenants in Gweru, Zimbabwe (Miriam Grant, page 169)
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Part 4 Markets: Work and Survival
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9 Women in Buisness: Class and Nairobi's Small and Medium-Sized Producers (Dorothy McCormick, page 193)
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10 Beyond Simple Survival: Women Microentrepreneurs in Harare and Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (Mary Johnson Osirim, page 213)
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11 Prostitution, a Petit-métier During Economic Crisis: A Road to Women's Liberation? The Case of Cameroon (Paulette Beat Songue (translated by Laura Mitchell), page 241)
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Part 5 City Streets: Politics and Community
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12 "I Am with You as Never Before": Women in Urban Protest Movements, Alexandra Township, South Africa, 1912-1945 (John Nauright, page 259)
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13 Urban Women's Movements and Political Liberalization in East Africa (Aili Mari Tripp, page 285)
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Selected References (page 309)
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About the Book and Editor (page 329)
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About the Contributors (page 331)
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Index (page 333)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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AEH | 29 (2001): 201-203 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/3601713 |
JAFH | 40.2 (1999): 336-338 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/183580 |
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Published: c1996
Publisher: Westview Press
- 9780813386850 (hardcover)
- 9780813386867 (paper)
- 9780429501241 (ebook)