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Downtown Ladies: Informal Commercial Importers, a Haitian Anthropologist and Self-Making in Jamaica - Women in Culture and Society Gina A. Ulysse
Downtown Ladies: Informal Commercial Importers, a Haitian Anthropologist and Self-Making in Jamaica - Women in Culture and Society
Gina A. Ulysse
The Caribbean "market woman" is ingrained in the popular imagination as the archetype of black womanhood in the region. Challenging this stereotype, this work offers a complex picture by documenting the history of international traders who travel abroad to import and export consumer goods sold in the public markets of Kingston, Jamaica.
304 pages, 3 maps
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 1, 2007 |
| ISBN13 | 9780226841229 |
| Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
| Pages | 304 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 10 mm · 539 g |