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Women and Work in Northern Nigeria

Transcending Boundaries

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  • © 2002

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  1. Renée Ilene Pittin
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Part of the book series: Institute of Social Studies, The Hague (ISSTH)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Renée Ilene Pittin
    Pages 1-19

  3. Economy, History and Structure of Katsina

    • Renée Ilene Pittin
    Pages 20-53

  4. Subject and Citizen: Women, Religion and the State

    • Renée Ilene Pittin
    Pages 54-117

  5. Space, Time and Liminality: The Permeability of Boundaries

    • Renée Ilene Pittin
    Pages 118-150

  6. Beyond the Boundaries: The Spatial Parameters of Social Propriety

    • Renée Ilene Pittin
    Pages 151-176

  7. Dominant Discourse, Subaltern Voices, and Forms of Resistance

    • Renée Ilene Pittin
    Pages 177-213

  8. Within the Boundaries: Karuwanci as Women’s Work

    • Renée Ilene Pittin
    Pages 214-249

  9. Proactive or Reactive Strategies? Examining Women’s Choice in Relation to Marriage

    • Renée Ilene Pittin
    Pages 250-284

  10. Marriage as Career Strategy

    • Renée Ilene Pittin
    Pages 285-339

  11. Education — Issues of Gender, Class and Ideology

    • Renée Ilene Pittin
    Pages 340-370

  12. Conclusion/Epilogue

    • Renée Ilene Pittin
    Pages 371-376

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 377-479
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Women and Work in Northern Nigeria is a study of the social and economic opportunities open to and seized upon by Muslim Hausa women, primarily in the city of Katsina, Nigeria, over the course of the past three decades. In the context of multiple political regimes, the turmoil of the Nigerian economy, and major ideological shifts, women have sought to optimize their resources and situations. Women and Work in Northern Nigeria take as a primary theme, women's ability to recognize and to cross the physical, spatial and discursive boundaries which ostensibly service to define and confine them

About the author

RENÉE ILENE PITTIN is Associate Professor, Women and Development Programme, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, The Netherlands.

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