The sexual economy of a sugar plantation
Privatization and social welfare in northern Tanzania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2279362 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alison Holt Norris (0000-0002-1864-9583, The Ohio State University), Eric Worby (University of the Witwatersrand) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 354-370 |
| Publication date | 2012-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Ethnologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-0496 • E-ISSN: 1548-1425 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2012.01369.x |
| OpenAlex | W1729135752 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 19 |
Drawing on intensive ethnographic work, we explore how privatization has transformed the field of social and sexual relations on a large sugar plantation in northern Tanzania. Privatization has resulted in permanent layoffs, intensified labor discipline, and the displacement of former residents and of informal economic activities from the plantation itself into villages on the plantation perimeter. We show how spatial and temporal changes in the labor economy of the plantation following privatization have had complex consequences for residents and have fueled a new sexual economy. [plantation workers, privatization, sovereignty, sexual economy, sugar estates, Tanzania
Economics · Economy · Ethnography · Geography · Market economy · Socioeconomics · Tanzania · Welfare · African history and culture studies · Land Rights and Reforms · Sex work and related issues
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,92 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |