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

This article examines Ḥarāṭīn (ex-slaves and slave descendants) exchange at a rural Mauritanian wedding. Hierarchy is constituted and reworked through exchange, particularly the redistribution of wealth that it allows, which makes it a rich site to examine how rank and status are generated. I analyz...

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