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Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade orden Nordiska Afrikainstitutet..

  1. 1. Just like couscous : Gender, agency and the politics of female circumcision in Cairo

    Författare :Maria Frederika Malmström; Marita Eastmond; Aud Talle; Nordiska Afrikainstitutet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; anthropology; identity; gender; agency; embodiment; senses; body; sexuality; female circumcision; politics; social change; performativity; practice; political Islam; Egypt; Middle East; North Africa; anthropology; identity; gender; agency; embodiment; senses; body; sexuality; female circumcision; politics; social change; performativity; practice; political Islam; Egypt; Middle East; North Africa;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores how female gender identity is continually created and re-created in Egypt through a number of daily practices, of which female circumcision is central. In order to do so, the study inquires into the lived experiences and social meanings of female circumcision and femininity as narrated by women from lower class neighbourhoods in Cairo. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Walking the tight rope : Informal livelihoods and social networks in a West African city

    Författare :Ilda Lourenço-Lindell; Katherine Gough; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; social networks; social capital; informal safety nets; informal sector; informalization; livelihoods; urban food; regulation; social change; structural adjutsment; Guinea-Bissau; West Africa; African cities; ADP; ADB;

    Sammanfattning : Trends towards ‘informalization’ are looming large in the world today. African cities have long been characterised by the presence of an ‘informal sector’ but are now experiencing new waves of ‘informalization’. LÄS MER