| Women and Work in Northern Nigeria: Transcending Boundaries 2002 Edition Contributor(s): Pittin, R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333984560 ISBN-13: 9780333984567 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2002 Annotation: This book is a study of the social and economic opportunities open to and seized upon by Muslim Hausa women, primarily in the city of Katsina, Nigeria, over the course of the past three decades. In the context of multiple political regimes, the turmoil of the Nigerian economy, and major ideological shifts, women have sought to optimize their resources and situations. Women and Work in Northern Nigeria takes as a primary theme, women's ability to recognize and to cross the physical, spatial, and discursive boundaries which ostensibly service to define and confine them. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 305 |
| LCCN: 2001059012 |
| Series: Institute of Social Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.15" H x 5.84" W x 8.74" (1.55 lbs) 479 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Women and Work in Northern Nigeria is a study of the social and economic opportunities open to and seized upon by Muslim Hausa women, primarily in the city of Katsina, Nigeria, over the course of the past three decades. In the context of multiple political regimes, the turmoil of the Nigerian economy, and major ideological shifts, women have sought to optimize their resources and situations. Women and Work in Northern Nigeria take as a primary theme, women's ability to recognize and to cross the physical, spatial and discursive boundaries which ostensibly service to define and confine them |