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Ending Slavery: Hierarchy, Dependency and Gender in Central Mauritania
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Abstract "Ending Slavery" offers insights into the "how" of practices of slavery that persist in parts of Mauritania up to the present day. It brings to the light the gendered structures of Moorish slavery, and examines their impact on strategies and tactics designed to bring this institution to an end. Unde... view more
"Ending Slavery" offers insights into the "how" of practices of slavery that persist in parts of Mauritania up to the present day. It brings to the light the gendered structures of Moorish slavery, and examines their impact on strategies and tactics designed to bring this institution to an end. Underlying this study is empirical data gathered during two periods of field research in rural central Mauritania. The analysis of life histories of slaves and freed slaves, but also of tributaries and free Moors plays a key role in the book.... view less
Keywords
Islam; violence; gender; gender studies; cultural studies; slavery; Mauritania; gender-specific factors
Classification
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology
Document language
English
Publication Year
1999
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
434 p.
Series
Kultur und soziale Praxis
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839400494
ISBN
978-3-8394-0049-4
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0