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Ending Slavery

Hierarchy, Dependency and Gender in Central Mauritania
DOI: 10.14361/9783839400494
  • Ruf,  Urs Peter
    Ruf, Urs Peter

Abstract

»Ending Slavery« offers insights into the »how« of practices of slavery that persist in parts of Mauritania up to the present day. It brings to the light the gendered structures of Moorish slavery, and examines their impact on strategies and tactics designed to bring this institution to an end. Underlying this study is empirical data gathered during two periods of field research in rural central Mauritania. The analysis of life histories of slaves and freed slaves, but also of tributaries and free Moors plays a key role in the book.

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    • Frontmatter

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    • Contents

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    • Preface

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    • Acknowledgements

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    • Note on Transliteration

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    • Introduction

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    • Chapter 1. Approaching Slavery in Bīẓān Society

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    • Chapter 2. Changing Configurations of Hierarchy and Dependency

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    • Chapter 3. Slave Women

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    • Chapter 4. The Demography of Western Saharan Slavery

      • 113 - 138
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    • Chapter 5. Gender and Status in the Topography of Work

      • 139 - 176
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    • Chapter 6. The Historical Dynamics of Bīẓān Economy

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    • Chapter 7. Small Dams, Large Dams: Bīẓān Land Tenure and Social Stratification

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    • Chapter 8. The Difference in Identity

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    • Chapter 9. Where Do They Go To?

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    • Notes

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    • Transliteration of Arabic Characters

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    • Bibliography

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    • Index

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eISBN PDF
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Seitenumfang
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Schlagworte
Islam, Violence, Gender, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies,

In a study based on a convincing concept and amazingly rich in detail, the Bielefeld sociologist Urs Peter Ruf investigates the current situation of (former) slaves in the bizan society of Mauretania, their emancipation strategies as well as historical aspects of slavery in Mauretania. He combines biographical interviews and empirical studies (for instance on land ownership and local emancipation strategies) with well-researched details on the historical and economic background to a fascinating overall picture.

1999-12-30Axel Harnet-Sievers, afrika spektrum, 2 (2000)

This is an excellent book.

1999-12-30Martin Klein, Journal of African History, 1 (2001)

Dies ist eine gründlich recherchierte Studie über Sklaven, ehemalige Sklaven und ihre Nachkommen in einer hierarchischen Gesellschaft, die starkem Wandel unterworfen ist.Rufs Beitrag ist ein willkommener Beitrag zur Versachlichung einer Debatte, die auch außerhalb des Landes leidenschaftlich, in guter Absicht, doch oft in Unkenntnis der äußerst komplexen sozio-ökonomischen Verhältnisse in Mauretanien geführt wird.

1999-12-30Ursel Clausen, Orient, 42/1 (2001)

Obviously, this is an important and original study, very much required for anyone concerned with Mauritania and its society.

1999-12-30John Wright, The Maghreb Review, 25/3-4 (2000)

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