Marriage Without Borders: Transnational Spouses in Neoliberal Senegal
(Part of the Contemporary Ethnography Series)
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In popular songs, televised media, news outlets, and online venues, a jabaaru immigr ("a migrant's wife") may be depicted as an opportunistic gold-digger, a forsaken lonely heart, or a na ve dupe. Her migrant husband also faces multiple representations as profligate womanizer, conquering hero, heartless enslaver, and exploited workhorse. These depictions point to fluctuating understandings of gender, status, and power in Senegalese society...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0812224744
ISBN13:9780812224740
Release Date:November 2020
Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press
Length:180 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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