Higglers in Kingston
Subtitle: women's informal work in Jamaica
By: Winnifred Brown-Glaude
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Nashville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780826517654
Subjects: Social status; Informal sector (Economics); Street vendors; Small business; Women merchants; Women's studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Assessing the "whole of informality"; title: Intersectionality and the politics of embodiment; title: Higglering : a woman's domain?; title: "Baits of Satan?" : representations of Sunday/Negro markets and higgerling in the Jamaican economy from slavery to independence; title: "Natural rebels" or just plain nuisances? : representations of higglers in the Jamaican economy from slavery to independence; title: Higgler/ICI/business woman : what's in a name?; title: Dirty and dis/eased : bodies, public space and Afro-Jamaican higglers; title: Conclusion: Understanding the nuances of informality.