Marriage Without Borders: Transnational Spouses in Neoliberal Senegal

by Dinah Hannaford

Book Overview

In popular songs, televised media, news outlets, and online venues, a jabaaru immigr ("a migrant's wife") may be depicted as an opportunistic gold-digger, a forsaken lonely heart, or a na ve dupe. Her migrant husband also faces multiple representations as profligate womanizer, conquering hero, heartless enslaver, and exploited workhorse. These depictions point to fluctuating understandings of gender, status, and power in Senegalese society...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812224744
• ISBN13: 9780812224740
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"