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Making it at any cost : aspirations and politics in a counterfeit clothing marketplace / Matías Dewey.

LIBRA HF5482.65.A7 D48 2020
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Dewey, Matías, 1975- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
La Salada (Buenos Aires, Argentina).
Black market--Argentina--Buenos Aires.
Black market.
Informal sector (Economics)--Argentina--Buenos Aires.
Informal sector (Economics).
Clothing trade--Argentina--Buenos Aires.
Clothing trade.
Product counterfeiting--Economic aspects--Argentina--Buenos Aires.
Product counterfeiting.
Product counterfeiting--Economic aspects.
Argentina--Buenos Aires.
Physical Description:
xviii, 276 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2020.
Summary:
"This study of the large, dangerous counterfeit clothing market in Buenos Aires known as La Salada addresses questions about informal and/or black markets, revealing how market exchanges function outside of the law, how the agreements for the market are made, and how social norms are conducted within the market itself and concluding that aspirations for future success shape the present actions and behavior of workers there"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. I History, Place, and Politics
ch. 1 The Garment Market and the Marketplace
ch. 2 Governing La Salada
ch. 3 With God and the Devil
pt. II Prisoners of Aspirations
ch. 4 All I Want Is a Sweatshop
ch. 5 The Garment Entrepreneur at La Salada
ch. 6 Dynamics of Aspirations
pt. III Aspirations in Action
ch. 7 Narratives of Sacrifice and Autonomy
ch. 8 Taste, Credit, and Bullets
ch. 9 Squatters, Cart-Pullers, and Demolition.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781477321058
1477321055
9781477321065
1477321063
OCLC:
1121479126

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