Higglers in Kingston : women's informal work in Jamaica
- Title
- Higglers in Kingston : women's informal work in Jamaica / Winnifred Brown-Glaude.
- Published by
- Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, c2011.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xi, 225 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Contents
- Introduction: Assessing the "whole of informality" -- Intersectionality and the politics of embodiment -- Higglering : a woman's domain? -- "Baits of Satan?" : representations of Sunday/Negro markets and higgerling in the Jamaican economy from slavery to independence -- "Natural rebels" or just plain nuisances? : representations of higglers in the Jamaican economy from slavery to independence -- Higgler/ICI/business woman : what's in a name? -- Dirty and dis/eased : bodies, public space and Afro-Jamaican higglers -- Conclusion: Understanding the nuances of informality.
- Call number
- Sc E 12-322
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Author
- Brown-Glaude, Winnifred R., 1966-
- Title
- Higglers in Kingston : women's informal work in Jamaica / Winnifred Brown-Glaude.
- Imprint
- Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, c2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- LCCN
- 2010042223
- ISBN
- 9780826517654 (cloth edition : alk. paper)
- 082651765X (cloth edition : alk. paper)
- Research call number
- Sc E 12-322