Marriage Without Borders: Transnational Spouses in Neoliberal Senegal

(Part of the Contemporary Ethnography Series)

by Dinah Hannaford

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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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