Title: The traditional women of the Mediterranean island of Djerba (North Africa) : a narrative anthropology /
Authors: Robana, Zakia.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Women Tunisia Jarbah Island Social conditions.; Women Tunisia Jarbah Island Social life and customs.; Ethnology Tunisia Jarbah Island.
Contents: Introduction -- Why women only-hypothesis of study -- Methodology -- The challenge -- Midoun in the north-east of the island -- Agriculture-harvest -- Economic concepts -- Religious celebrations and rituals -- Food : its meaning and celebration -- The wedding and its different aspects -- Giving birth -- The circumcision -- Idda rituals in the Djerbian tradition -- Conclusion -- Translation of songs and proverbs.