Water, Life, and Profit

Fluid Economies and Cultures of Niamey, Niger

von Scott M. Youngstedt, Sara Beth Keough

190 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie und Anthropologie Anthropologie Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Ethnographie
• ISBN: 9781805397410
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.12.2024
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books