Donna L Perry
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 194601 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Donna L Perry |
| NOMBRES | Donna L |
| APELLIDO | Perry |
| FIRMA | PERRY D L |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 3 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 60 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 3 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2004 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2009 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Fathers, Sons, and the State
This essay builds on fieldwork in rural Senegal to examine three cases in which elder household heads called on gendarmes to physically discipline rebellious youths. These cases, which revolved around harsh acts of corporal punishment, invite inquiry into common assumptions about African families and states. The first assumption is the common dichotomy drawn between African youths, portrayed as modern and menacing, and African elders, portrayed a…
Wolof Women, Economic Liberalization, and the Crisis of Masculinity in Rural Senegal
Among Wolof farmers in Senegal's Peanut Basin, patriarchal control of household dependents has diminished in conjunction with economic liberalization, state disengagement, and the formation of rural weekly markets. This article builds on twenty-six months of ethnographic fieldwork to explore a crisis of masculinity expressed by men in their oral testimonies and everyday discourse. In domestic struggles over labor and income, male control over wom…
Muslim Child Disciples, Global Civil Society, and Children's Rights in Senegal
This paper examines Muslim child-disciples (talibés) who beg on the streets in urban Senegal. It interprets, from the perspective of Wolof farmers, why parents send their sons to live with marabouts (Muslim sages). It then contrasts Wolof understandings of talibés with the discourses produced by children's rights advocates. It argues that while indigenous rights advocates employ "strategic essentialism" to promote minority groups' claims, advocat…
Fathers, Sons, and the State
This essay builds on fieldwork in rural Senegal to examine three cases in which elder household heads called on gendarmes to physically discipline rebellious youths. These cases, which revolved around harsh acts of corporal punishment, invite inquiry into common assumptions about African families and states. The first assumption is the common dichotomy drawn between African youths, portrayed as modern and menacing, and African elders, portrayed a…
Wolof Women, Economic Liberalization, and the Crisis of Masculinity in Rural Senegal
Among Wolof farmers in Senegal's Peanut Basin, patriarchal control of household dependents has diminished in conjunction with economic liberalization, state disengagement, and the formation of rural weekly markets. This article builds on twenty-six months of ethnographic fieldwork to explore a crisis of masculinity expressed by men in their oral testimonies and everyday discourse. In domestic struggles over labor and income, male control over wom…
Muslim Child Disciples, Global Civil Society, and Children's Rights in Senegal
This paper examines Muslim child-disciples (talibés) who beg on the streets in urban Senegal. It interprets, from the perspective of Wolof farmers, why parents send their sons to live with marabouts (Muslim sages). It then contrasts Wolof understandings of talibés with the discourses produced by children's rights advocates. It argues that while indigenous rights advocates employ "strategic essentialism" to promote minority groups' claims, advocat…
Muslim Child Disciples, Global Civil Society, and Children's Rights in Senegal
This paper examines Muslim child-disciples (talibés) who beg on the streets in urban Senegal. It interprets, from the perspective of Wolof farmers, why parents send their sons to live with marabouts (Muslim sages). It then contrasts Wolof understandings of talibés with the discourses produced by children's rights advocates. It argues that while indigenous rights advocates employ "strategic essentialism" to promote minority groups' claims, advocat…
Wolof Women, Economic Liberalization, and the Crisis of Masculinity in Rural Senegal
Among Wolof farmers in Senegal's Peanut Basin, patriarchal control of household dependents has diminished in conjunction with economic liberalization, state disengagement, and the formation of rural weekly markets. This article builds on twenty-six months of ethnographic fieldwork to explore a crisis of masculinity expressed by men in their oral testimonies and everyday discourse. In domestic struggles over labor and income, male control over wom…
Fathers, Sons, and the State
This essay builds on fieldwork in rural Senegal to examine three cases in which elder household heads called on gendarmes to physically discipline rebellious youths. These cases, which revolved around harsh acts of corporal punishment, invite inquiry into common assumptions about African families and states. The first assumption is the common dichotomy drawn between African youths, portrayed as modern and menacing, and African elders, portrayed a…
Gender Studies (3 obras) · Political science (3 obras) · Sociology (3 obras) · Law (2 obras) · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender (2 obras) · Rhetoric (2 obras) · Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues (1 obras) · Agriculture and Rural Development Research (1 obras) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 obras) · Criminology (1 obras)