Gender and materiality in-the-Making: The manufacture of sirwan femininities through weaving in Southern Morocco

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-73

  Naji, Myriem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embodiment; Gender; Performance; Technology; Weaving

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; MANUFACTURING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SKILLED LABOR; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

AFRICA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 59649087729     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: 14603586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359183508100008     Document Type: Article

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