Pink gold : women, shrimp, and work in Mexico / María L. Cruz-Torres.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cruz-Torres, María Luz, 1961- author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women merchants--Mexico--Social conditions.

Women merchants.

Street vendors--Mexico--Social conditions.

Street vendors.

Peddlers--Mexico--Social conditions.

Peddlers.

Shrimp industry--Social aspects--Mexico.

Shrimp industry.

Rural women--Mexico--Social conditions.

Rural women.

Sex role--Social aspects--Mexico.

Sex role.

Shrimp fisheries--Social aspects--Mexico.

Shrimp fisheries.

Rural women--Social conditions.

Sex role--Social aspects.

Women merchants--Social conditions.

Mexico.

Physical Description:

xix, 342 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2023.

Summary:

"A rich, long-term ethnography of women seafood traders in Mexico"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : amber sunsets and pink gold

Contested grounds : women shrimp traders and street economies

On becoming changueras : gendered livelihoods and contested identities

The street of the women shrimp traders : learning the tricks of the trade in space and place

Here we are like a family : the complexity of social relations

The culture and economy of pink gold : the meanings, processes, and values of shrimp

Sometimes we work just to pay our debts : informal credit and savings systems

From outcasts to icons : women shrimp traders and expressive culture

Conclusion : feminist political ecology, ethnography, and uncovering lived realities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781477328019

1477328017

9781477328026

1477328025

OCLC:

1371137776

Publisher Number:

99995518298