Publication

2009 - University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois

Language

English

Word Count

45,750 words, Guess

Page Count

183 pages

Identifiers

and 6 more
  • ISBN-139780226002002
  • Library of Congress Control Number2008043528
  • OCLC Control Number262429688
  • Better World Books9780226001999
  • Better World Books9780226002002
  • Open LibraryOL22678983M

Classifications

  • DDC305.48/96914096262
  • LCCHD7287.96.S732 K437 2009
  • LCCHD7287.96.S732K437

Description

Over 20 years of civil war in predominantly Christian Southern Sudan has forced countless people from their homes. This book examines the lives of women who have forged a new community in a shantytown on the outskirts of Khartoum, the largely Muslim heavily Arabized capital in the north of the country.

Subjects

Topics

WomenSquattersWomen, africaSocial conditionsSquatter settlementsWomen, social conditionsSudan, social conditions

Other Editions

  • Transforming displaced women in Sudan: politics and the body in a squatter settlementUniversity of Chicago Press2009-01-01

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