Books by Susan Ossman

Tells the stories of people who have lived in several countries in order to reveal how mobility shapes subjectivity, social life, and politics.

This text probes the shape and texture of mass images in Casablanca, from posters, films, and videotapes to elections, staged political spectacles and changing rituals. The book blends ethnographic narrative, cultural reportage and the author's firsthand experiences.

A trans-national study of female beauty based in an ethnographic study of beauty salons in Cairo, Casablanca, and Paris.