Water, Life, and Profit : : Fluid Economies and Cultures of Niamey, Niger / / Sara Beth Keough, Scott M. Youngstedt.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: Keough, Sara Beth,; Youngstedt, Scott M.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (188 p.)

Water, Life, and Profit offers a holistic analysis of the people, economies, cultural symbolism, and material culture involved in the management, production, distribution, and consumption of drinking water in the urban context of Niamey, Niger. Paying particular attention to two key groups of people who provide water to most of Niamey’s residents - door-to-door water vendors, and those who sell water in one-half-liter plastic bags (sachets) on the street or in small shops – the authors offer new insights into how Niamey’s water economies affect gender, ethnicity, class, and spatial structure today.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Why Water? Why Now? -- 1 Situating Water in the Twenty-First Century -- 2 Historical Urban Development in Niamey -- 3 Accessing Water in Niamey -- 4 Water Delivery Vendors in Niamey -- 5 “Pure Water” in Niamey -- 6 Fluid Materiality in Niamey -- Conclusion -- References -- Index