Migration and cultural change: Money, "caste," gender, and social status among Senegalese female hair braiders in the United States

Africa Today

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 3-22

  Babou, Cheikh Anta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN IMMIGRANT; CASTE SYSTEM; CULTURAL CHANGE; CULTURAL TRADITION; DIASPORA; GENDER ROLE; POPULATION MIGRATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

AFRICA; ANDERSON COUNTY [SOUTH CAROLINA]; ATLANTA; GEORGIA; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; PHILADELPHIA; SENEGAL; SOUTH CAROLINA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNITED STATES; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 59549087848     PISSN: 00019887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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