Water, Life, and Profit

Fluid Economies and Cultures of Niamey, Niger

Sara Beth Keough, Scott M. Youngstedt (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

188 Seiten

2024
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80539-741-0 (ISBN)

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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.

Sara Beth Keough is Professor of Geography at Saginaw Valley State University. Her research focuses on material culture and human-environment interactions in West Africa and Canada, particularly water access and urban development in resource-dependent communities. She has served as Editor of the academic journal Material Culture since 2008.

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Acknowledgments

Introduction: Why Water? Why Now?

Chapter 1. Situating Water in the 21st Century

Chapter 2. Historical Urban Development in Niamey

Chapter 3. Accessing Water in Niamey

Chapter 4. Water Delivery Vendors in Niamey

Chapter 5. “Pure Water” in Niamey

Chapter 6. Fluid Materialism in Niamey

Conclusion

References

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	05.11.2024
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	1-80539-741-9 / 1805397419
ISBN-13	978-1-80539-741-0 / 9781805397410
Zustand	Neuware