TY - BOOK AU - Brown-Glaude,Winnifred R. ED - Project Muse. TI - Higglers in Kingston: women's informal work in Jamaica SN - 9780826517678 AV - HF5459.J25 B76 2011 U1 - 331.4 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Nashville PB - Vanderbilt University Press KW - Women's studies KW - Jamaica KW - Kingston KW - Informal sector (Economics) KW - Small business KW - Social status KW - Women merchants KW - Street vendors KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Assessing the "whole of informality" -- Intersectionality and the politics of embodiment -- Higglering : a woman's domain? -- "Baits of Satan?" : representations of Sunday/Negro markets and higgerling in the Jamaican economy from slavery to independence -- "Natural rebels" or just plain nuisances? : representations of higglers in the Jamaican economy from slavery to independence -- Higgler/ICI/business woman : what's in a name? -- Dirty and dis/eased : bodies, public space and Afro-Jamaican higglers -- Conclusion: Understanding the nuances of informality UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780826517678/ ER -