Where Women Work: A Study of Yoruba Women in the Marketplace and in the Home

Sudarkasa, Niara

doi:doi:10.3998/mpub.11394926

Where Women Work: A Study of Yoruba Women in the Marketplace and in the Home

Niara Sudarkasa 1973

Niara Sudarkasa reports on Yoruba women and their role as traders in Nigeria's marketing system. During Sudarkasa's 15-month fieldwork in western Nigeria, she spoke with hundreds of traders, men and women, in order to understand the Yoruba markets, the division of labor, the difference between urban and rural communities in the region, residence and kinship, and other complexities of Yoruba society.

Series

Anthropological Papers Series

ISBN(s)

978-1-951519-18-6 (ebook)
978-1-949098-06-8 (paper)

Subject

Anthropology

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Contents
Introduction. The Problem: Definition and Scope
I. The Setting: Urban and Rural Communities in Yorubaland
II. Division of Labor by Sex in Yoruba Society
III. Yoruba Markets: Centers of Women's Trade Activities
IV. Awe Women as Traders and Producers
V. Residence and Kinship in the Town of Awe
VI. Female Employment and Family Organization in Yoruba Society
Conclusions
Appendix
Bibliography

Where Women Work: A Study of Yoruba Women in the Marketplace and in the Home

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