Remembering the Tatas : : Domestic Women and Slavery in Tetouan (19th - 20th Centuries).

"This book sheds light on the final process of slavery in Morocco, unraveling the contemporary roots of servility and stereotypes about blackness in the Arab world. Unlike other generalist analyses, this research focuses on the practice of servitude through a case study in the city of Tetouan....

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Superior document:Studies in the History and Society of the Maghrib Series ; v.15
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Place / Publishing House:Boston : : BRILL,, 2023.
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Year of Publication:2023
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Studies in the History and Society of the Maghrib Series
Physical Description:1 online resource (461 pages)
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Summary:"This book sheds light on the final process of slavery in Morocco, unraveling the contemporary roots of servility and stereotypes about blackness in the Arab world. Unlike other generalist analyses, this research focuses on the practice of servitude through a case study in the city of Tetouan. Until well into the twentieth century, bought women arrived in the city to join the domestic labor market, also becoming signs of social distinction. This historical ethnography is paradigmatic in reconstructing the relations between masters and domestics of slave origin, putting names and faces to subaltern people to rescue them from oblivion"--
ISBN:9789004681613
Hierarchical level:Monograph