Daughters Of Tunis: Women, Family, And Networks In A Muslim City

by Paula Holmes-Eber

Overview

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 demonstrate

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367315351
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/19/2019
Series:	Case Studies in Anthropology
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Paula Holmes-Eber is a visiting scholar in Middle East Studies and the Department of Anthropology at the University of Washington. She holds a Ph.D. from Northwestern University and was formerly an assistant professor in anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has taught courses in peoples and cultures of the Islamic Middle East, gender and family in the Middle East, and women and development, among other courses.

Table of Contents

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