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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dewey, Matías, 1975- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black market--Argentina--Buenos Aires.

Black market.

Informal sector (Economics)--Argentina--Buenos Aires.

Informal sector (Economics).

La Salada (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

Argentina--Buenos Aires.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 pages)

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:

The garment market and the marketplace

Governing La Salada

With god and the devil

All I want is a sweatshop

The garment entrepreneur at La Salada

Dynamics of aspirations

Narratives of sacrifice and autonomy

Taste, credit, and bullets

Squatters, cart-pullers, and demolition.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4773-2108-X

1-4773-2107-1

OCLC:

1450894845