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Transforming displaced women in Sudan : politics and the body in a squatter settlement /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abusharaf, Rogaia Mustafa
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Squatter settlements > Sudan > Khartoum.
Squatters > Sudan > Khartoum.
Internally displaced persons > Sudan > Khartoum.
Women > Sudan > Khartoum > Social conditions.
Khartoum (Sudan) > Social conditions.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: through the eyes of the displaced
  • Dissent historicized
  • Becoming displaced
  • Gendered rituals
  • Negotiating peace
  • Epilogue: "this is my country"
  • Appendix A: primary informants
  • Appendix B: camps and shantytowns in Greater Khartoum, Sudan
  • Appendix C: profile of women in Izzbba.