Higglers in Kingston [electronic resource] : women's informal work in Jamaica / Winnifred Brown-Glaude.
Material type: TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, c2011. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (xi, 225 p. :) illContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780826517678
- 331.4 22
- HF5459.J25 B76 2011
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.
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