Downtown Ladies by Gina A Ulysse
The Caribbean market woman is ingrained in the popular imagination as the archetype of black womanhood in the region. Challenging this stereotype, this work offers a complex picture by documenting the history of international traders who travel abroad to import and export consumer goods sold in the public markets of Kingston, Jamaica.
"Gina Ulysse is the first anthropologist to zoom in on the far-ranging internationalization of Caribbean market women, and her analysis clearly and compellingly illuminates the historical depth, cultural intricacies, and political and economic stakes involved in their work and their self-makingThere is no other synthesis and original research like this on socioeconomic agents who have emerged in response to historical shifts in Jamaica's place within the global economy in the past thirty years." - Faye harrison, author of Outsider Within: Reworking Anthropology in the Global Age"
Gina Ulysse is assistant professor in the departments of anthropology and African American studies at Wesleyan University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780226841229 |
| ISBN 10 | 0226841227 |
| Title | Downtown Ladies |
| Author | Gina A Ulysse |
| Series | Women In Culture And Society |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University Of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 2007-10-01 |
| Number of pages | 333 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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