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Downtown Ladies

- Informal Commercial Importers, a Haitian Anthropologist, and Self-making in Jamaica

About Downtown Ladies

The Caribbean "market woman" is ingrained in the popular imagination as the archetype of black womanhood. Challenging this stereotype, this work offers a complex picture by documenting the history of independent international traders who travel abroad to import and export an array of consumer goods sold in the public markets of Kingston, Jamaica.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780226841212
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 304
  • Published:
  • December 31, 2006
  • Dimensions:
  • 15x23x3 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 539 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: December 18, 2024

Description of Downtown Ladies

The Caribbean "market woman" is ingrained in the popular imagination as the archetype of black womanhood. Challenging this stereotype, this work offers a complex picture by documenting the history of independent international traders who travel abroad to import and export an array of consumer goods sold in the public markets of Kingston, Jamaica.

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