Higglers in Kingston : women's informal work in Jamaica /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Brown-Glaude, Winnifred R., 1966-
Imprint:	Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, c2011.
Description:	xi, 225 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
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. Informal sector (Economics) Small business. Social status. Street vendors. Women merchants. Women's studies. Jamaica -- Kingston.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8441636

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ISBN:	9780826517654 (cloth edition : alk. paper) 082651765X (cloth edition : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Assessing the ôWhole of Informalityö
1. Intersectionality and the Politics of Embodiment
2. Higglering: A Woman's Domain?
3. ôBait of Satanö? Representations of Sunday/Negro Markets and Higglering from Slavery to Independence
4. ôNatural Rebelsö or Just Plain Nuisances? Representations of Higglers from Slavery to Independence
5. Higgler, ICI, Businesswoman: What's in a Name?
6. Dirty and Dis/eased: Bodies, Public Space, and Afro-Jamaican Higglers
Conclusion: Understanding the Nuances of Informality
Appendix: List of Higglers Interviewed
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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