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Author Clark, Gracia.

Title African market women : seven life stories from Ghana / Gracia Clark.

Publication Info. Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, [2010]
©2010

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.48896 C593A    Check Shelf
Description 265 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-262) and index.
Contents Introduction: trading lives -- Abenaa Adiiya -- Maame Kesewaa -- Madame Ataa -- Amma Pokuaa -- Auntie Afriyie -- Sister Buronya -- Maame Nkrumah -- Conclusion: Little by little.
Summary "In these lively life stories, women market traders from Ghana comment on changing social and economic times and on reasons for their prosperity or decline in fortunes. Gracia Clark shows that market women are intimately connected with economic policy on a global scale. Many work at the intersection of sophisticated networks of transnational commerce and migration. They have dramatic memories of independence and the growth of their new nation, including political rivalries, price controls, and violent raids on the market. The experiences of these women give substance to their reflections on globalization, capital accumulation, colonialism, technological change, environmental degradation, teenage pregnancy, marriage, children, changing gender roles, and spirituality. Clark's commentary illuminates the complex historical and cultural setting of these deeply revealing lives."--Jacket.
Subject Women, Ashanti -- Ghana -- Kumasi -- Social conditions.
Women, Ashanti -- Ghana -- Kumasi -- Economic conditions.
Women, Akan -- Ghana -- Kumasi -- Social conditions.
Women, Akan -- Ghana -- Kumasi -- Economic conditions.
Women merchants -- Ghana -- Kumasi.
Market towns -- Ghana -- Kumasi.
Kumasi (Ghana) -- Social conditions.
Kumasi (Ghana) -- Economic conditions.
Kumasi (Ghana) -- Politics and government.
Marktfrau.
Frau.
Akan.
Kumasi.
Ghana.
Aschanti.
Marktfrau. (DE-588)4265887-1
Frau. (DE-588)4018202-2
Akan. (DE-588)4000894-0
Aschanti. (DE-588)4003195-0
Kumasi. (DE-588)4266544-9
Ghana. (DE-588)4020949-0
ISBN 9780253354174 (cloth) (alkaline paper)
025335417X (cloth) (alkaline paper)
9780253221544 (paperback) (alkaline paper)
0253221544 (paperback) (alkaline paper)
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