Making People Bigger: Wedding Exchange and the Creation of Social Value in Rural Mauritania

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doi:10.2979/africatoday.62.3.49

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“…When I was taking pictures of Meimouna at the wedding, her husband told me that it was “very important” that I position her so that her jewelry was visible. This was an essential element of her ensemble and also testified to his family’s generosity and wealth since it was from the bridewealth (Wiley 2016). Part of activating a look requires ensuring that the whole ensemble may be seen.…”

Section: The Materiality Of Dress and How Women Activate Itmentioning

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The Materiality and Social Agency of theMalaḥfa(Mauritanian Veil)

Wiley¹

2019

Afr. stud. rev.

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Abstract:This article examines the malaḥfa, a veil that has long been popular in Mauritania, using the scholarship of materiality to analyze how it and the wearer co-constitute each other. This approach demonstrates how the malaḥfa’s particular form and fabric provide women with certain constraints and possibilities; women activate these qualities to exercise agency, be it in redefining their positions in the social hierarchy, exercising control in their relationships, or asserting authority over others. Focusing on the malaḥfa’s materiality illustrates how such garments can be central to women’s agency and power, and demonstrates how women shape the broader social hierarchy.

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“…1.For more on this wedding, particularly the bridewealth exchanges and their meaning for Ḥarāṭīn communities, see Wiley (2016). …”

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The Materiality and Social Agency of theMalaḥfa(Mauritanian Veil)

Wiley¹

2019

Afr. stud. rev.

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Being Ḥarāṭīn ? Being Ḫəđ̣riyyîn ? Fluid Meanings of Ethnic Terms in Mauritania’s Assaba Region

Wiley¹

2020

L’Ouest Saharien

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Basé sur une étude menée en Mauritanie, cet article vise l’exploration dans le cas des ḥarāṭīn , de la relation complexe entre statut et condition et quelques facteurs qui les affectent. Il examine plusieurs termes liés à la couleur de peau et utilisés pour désigner ce groupe dans des contextes différents. L’étude révèle l’usage relativement répandu dans cette région du terme ḫəđ̣riyyîn (référant à une couleur vert-sombre ou noirâtre) comme alternative pour ḥarāṭīn . En fait, les cas examinés ici attestent que les termes comme ḫəđ̣riyyîn ou ḥarāṭīn peuvent acquérir même au sein d’une même région des significations différentes selon le contexte dans lequel ils sont évoqués. Il faudrait reconnaître toute la complexité de l’identité que ces gens ont choisie, sans pour autant en exclure le facteur essentiel de la couleur qui a un impact sur la vie quotidienne.

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Making People Bigger: Wedding Exchange and the Creation of Social Value in Rural Mauritania

Cited by 2 publications

References 6 publications

The Materiality and Social Agency of theMalaḥfa(Mauritanian Veil)

The Materiality and Social Agency of theMalaḥfa(Mauritanian Veil)

Being Ḥarāṭīn ? Being Ḫəđ̣riyyîn ? Fluid Meanings of Ethnic Terms in Mauritania’s Assaba Region

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