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Author Pietila, Tuulikki, 1917-2009.

Title Gossip, markets, and gender [electronic resource] : how dialogue constructs moral value in post-socialist Kilimanjaro / Tuulikki Pietila.

Imprint Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xi, 241 p. : ill., maps.
Series Women in Africa and the diaspora
Women in Africa and the diaspora.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-234) and index.
Contents Domesticating the market, marketing the domestic -- Feeding, drinking, and eating : market women restructuring gender -- Constructing moral reputation : the case of Mama Njau -- From captured wives to bound men : rethinking female respect -- Urban men in their home lineages -- Making sense of failure : stories of businessmen and wealth.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Markets -- Tanzania -- Kilimanjaro Region.
Markets -- Social aspects -- Tanzania -- Kilimanjaro Region.
Markets -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Tanzania -- Kilimanjaro Region.
Gossip -- Tanzania -- Kilimanjaro Region.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0299220907 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780299220907 (cloth : alk. paper)
029922094X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780299220945 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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