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This edited volume develops a fresh perspective on popular commerce in Latin American cities by focusing on materiality, gender, and the interface of a wide range of actors, agencies, and informalities.
List of contents
Introduction: Popular Economy and Commerce: (In)Formality, Materiality, and Gender in Latin American Cities
Chapter 1: Culture, Competition, and Urban Identities in Ecuadorian Popular Economies
Chapter 2: The Art of Crafting Formal-Informal Linkages: On the Enduring Appeal of Belo Horizonte's Hippie Fair
Chapter 3: Muraleando-Artists as Social Entrepeneurs in the Cuban Transformation Process
Chapter 4: The Making of a Proper Marketplace: The Politics of Infrastructure in the Night Market (São Paulo)
Chapter 5: Formalizing through Marketizing: Interfaces of Technology, Knowledge, and Power in Popular
Commerce in La Paz (Bolivia)
Chapter 6: Culture and Economy in the Urban Global South: Braided Inequalities among Andean Migrants in Lima, Peru
Chapter 7: Relational Autonomy, Reproduction, and Popular Trade: Mobility Trajectories and Appropriation of Space among Female Street Vendors in Quito, Ecuador
Afterword: Guillermina Rico's Family: Four Generations of Street Vendor Leaders in Mexico City
About the author
Eveline Dürr is professor at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität.
Juliane Müller is lecturer at the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität.
Summary
This edited volume develops a fresh perspective on popular commerce in Latin American cities by focusing on materiality, gender, and the interface of a wide range of actors, agencies, and informalities.
