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Higglers in Kingston - Women's Informal Work in Jamaica (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,910
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Higglers in Kingston - Women's Informal Work in Jamaica (Hardcover): Winnifred Brown-Glaude

Higglers in Kingston - Women's Informal Work in Jamaica (Hardcover)

Winnifred Brown-Glaude

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Making a living in the Caribbean requires resourcefulness and even a willingness to circumvent the law. Women of color in Jamaica encounter bureaucratic mazes, neighborhood territoriality, and ingrained racial and cultural prejudices. For them, it requires nothing less than a herculean effort to realize their entrepreneurial dreams.


In "Higglers in Kingston," Winnifred Brown-Glaude puts the reader on the ground in frenetic urban Kingston, the capital and largest city in Jamaica. She explores the lives of informal market laborers, called "higglers," across the city as they navigate a corrupt and inaccessible "official" Jamaican economy. But rather than focus merely on the present-day situation, she contextualizes how Jamaica arrived at this point, delving deep into the island's history as a former colony, a home to slaves and masters alike, and an eventual nation of competing and conflicted racial sectors.


"Higglers in Kingston" weaves together contemporary ethnography, economic history, and sociology of race to address a broad audience of readers on a crucial economic and cultural center.

General

Imprint: Vanderbilt University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: July 2011
First published: August 2011
Authors: Winnifred Brown-Glaude
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 978-0-8265-1765-4
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Distributive industries > Retail sector
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Human biology & related topics > Biological anthropology > General
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LSN: 0-8265-1765-X
Barcode: 9780826517654

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