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Higglers in Kingston : women's informal work in Jamaica

Title
Higglers in Kingston : women's informal work in Jamaica / Winnifred Brown-Glaude.
Author
Brown-Glaude, Winnifred R., 1966-
Publication
Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, c2011.

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Description
xi, 225 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Street vendors > Jamaica > Kingston
  • Women merchants > Jamaica > Kingston
  • Social status > Jamaica > Kingston
  • Small business > Jamaica > Kingston
  • Informal sector (Economics) > Jamaica > Kingston
  • Women's studies > Jamaica > Kingston
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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
ISBN
  • 9780826517654 (cloth edition : alk. paper)
  • 082651765X (cloth edition : alk. paper)
LCCN
2010042223
OCLC
668990518
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.
Research Call Number
Sc E 12-322
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