Children and Middle-Class Moralities in Transnational Senegal
An ethnography of Senegalese households in Paris and Dakar that analyzes ways families negotiate transnational kinship Selective Solidarity examines how global inequalities change the ways transnational families negotiate "economic moralities," or expectations about material obligations. Analyzing everyday exchanges in middle-class Senegalese ......
Children and Middle-Class Moralities in Transnational Senegal
An ethnography of Senegalese households in Paris and Dakar that analyzes ways families negotiate transnational kinship Selective Solidarity examines how global inequalities change the ways transnational families negotiate "economic moralities," or expectations about material obligations. Analyzing everyday exchanges in middle-class Senegalese ......
In Teraanga Republic, Emily Jenan Riley unveils the importance of women's patronage politics in a Muslim-majority Senegal expressed through teraanga-a pivotal concept in the Wolof language referencing hospitality, generosity, and honor. Riley challenges perceptions of governance, gender and politics, authority, and religion on a global scale, ......
In Teraanga Republic, Emily Jenan Riley unveils the importance of women's patronage politics in a Muslim-majority Senegal expressed through teraanga-a pivotal concept in the Wolof language referencing hospitality, generosity, and honor. Riley challenges perceptions of governance, gender and politics, authority, and religion on a global scale, ......
Cultural Imperialism, Agency, and the Ban on "Female Genital Mutilation" in Senegal
This ethnography unravels the continuing political tensions surrounding Senegal's 1999 national ban on "female genital mutilation" The Senegalese parliament authorized a national ban on "Female Genital Mutilation" in 1999. Because only a third of the Senegalese population practiced female genital cutting (FGC) at the time, policy makers did not ......
Cultural Imperialism, Agency, and the Ban on "Female Genital Mutilation" in Senegal
This ethnography unravels the continuing political tensions surrounding Senegal's 1999 national ban on "female genital mutilation" The Senegalese parliament authorized a national ban on "Female Genital Mutilation" in 1999. Because only a third of the Senegalese population practiced female genital cutting (FGC) at the time, policy makers did not ......
Projections of Dakar studies the audiovisual creations and practices of twenty-first-century Senegalese filmmakers living, working, and distributing their films in urban Senegal. Although some observers have described contemporary Senegalese cinema as a dying industry, this book shows that it retains great potential. Senegalese cinematic ......
Projections of Dakar studies the audiovisual creations and practices of twenty-first-century Senegalese filmmakers living, working, and distributing their films in urban Senegal. Although some observers have described contemporary Senegalese cinema as a dying industry, this book shows that it retains great potential. Senegalese cinematic ......