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Book Synopsis
A rich, long-term ethnography of women seafood traders in Mexico.

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Amber Sunsets and Pink Gold
  • Chapter 1. Contested Grounds: Women Shrimp Traders and Street Economies
  • Chapter 2. On Becoming Changueras: Gendered Livelihoods and Contested Identities
  • Chapter 3. The Street of the Women Shrimp Traders: Learning the Tricks of the Trade in Space and Place
  • Chapter 4. Here We Are Like a Family: The Complexity of Social Relations
  • Chapter 5. The Culture and Economy of Pink Gold: The Meanings, Processes, and Values of Shrimp
  • Chapter 6. Sometimes We Work Just to Pay Our Debts: Informal Credit and Savings Systems
  • Chapter 7. From Outcasts to Icons: Women Shrimp Traders and Expressive Culture
  • Conclusion: Feminist Political Ecology, Ethnography, and Uncovering Lived Realities
  • References
  • Index

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    A Paperback / softback by María L. Cruz-Torres

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 02/01/2024
      ISBN13: 9781477328026, 978-1477328026
      ISBN10: 1477328025
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      Cultural studies: food and society Social and cultural anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A rich, long-term ethnography of women seafood traders in Mexico.

      Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction: Amber Sunsets and Pink Gold
      • Chapter 1. Contested Grounds: Women Shrimp Traders and Street Economies
      • Chapter 2. On Becoming Changueras: Gendered Livelihoods and Contested Identities
      • Chapter 3. The Street of the Women Shrimp Traders: Learning the Tricks of the Trade in Space and Place
      • Chapter 4. Here We Are Like a Family: The Complexity of Social Relations
      • Chapter 5. The Culture and Economy of Pink Gold: The Meanings, Processes, and Values of Shrimp
      • Chapter 6. Sometimes We Work Just to Pay Our Debts: Informal Credit and Savings Systems
      • Chapter 7. From Outcasts to Icons: Women Shrimp Traders and Expressive Culture
      • Conclusion: Feminist Political Ecology, Ethnography, and Uncovering Lived Realities
      • References
      • Index

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