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Muslim Families in Global Senegal: Money Takes Care of Shame

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Description for Muslim Families in Global Senegal: Money Takes Care of Shame paperback. Discusses social and moral values in the global Senegalese community Num Pages: 256 pages, 21 b&w illus., 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.

Senegalese Murid migrants have circulated cargo and currency through official and unofficial networks in Africa and the world. Muslim Families in Global Senegal focuses on trade and the transmission of enduring social value though cloth, videos of life-cycle rituals, and religious offerings. Highlighting women's participation in these networks and the financial strategies they rely on, Beth Buggenhagen reveals the deep connections between economic profits and ritual and social authority. Buggenhagen discovers that these strategies are not responses to a dispersed community in crisis, but rather produce new roles, wealth, and worth for Senegalese women in all parts of the globe.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253223678
SKU
V9780253223678
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About Beth A. Buggenhagen
Beth Buggenhagen is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University Bloomington. She is editor (with Anne-Maria Makhulu and Stephen Jackson) of Hard Work, Hard Times: Global Volatility and African Subjectivities.

Reviews for Muslim Families in Global Senegal: Money Takes Care of Shame
"While the author's focus is on the transformation in the role of women both within the family network and in the marketplace, the book allows readers to better understand the impact of globalism on the citizens of Senegal.... Recommended." —Choice "Muslim Families in Global Senegal is certainly a must-read for scholars wishing to understand the daily and ritual exchanges through ... Read more

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