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Life in a rural village in Mauritania is hard on women. Tradition and Islamic religion are intertwined to reinforce strict gender roles. The husband is the protector and keeper; his word is law. While the men take their ease, the girls and women are off to the fields during the peanut planting and h...

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Other Authors: Zamperoni, Ingo A.
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2000.
Series:Filmakers library online.
Subjects:
Sex role > Mauritania.
Women > Mauritania > Social conditions.
Mauritania > Social life and customs.
Rôle selon le sexe > Mauritanie.
Femmes > Mauritanie > Conditions sociales.
Manners and customs
Sex role
Women > Social conditions
Mauritania
Documentary.
Encoded moving images.
Nonfiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Nonfiction films.
Films autres que de fiction.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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