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

Niara Sudarkasa 1973
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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.
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Series
  • Anthropological Papers Series
ISBN(s)
  • 978-1-951519-18-6 (ebook)
  • 978-1-949098-06-8 (paper)
Subject
  • Anthropology
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  • Table of Contents

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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
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