Higglers in Kingston : women's informal work in Jamaica /

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Making a living in the Caribbean requires resourcefulness and even a willingness to circumvent the law. Women of color in Jamaica encounter bureaucratic mazes, neighborhood territoriality, and ingrained racial and cultural prejudices. For them, it requires nothing less than a herculean effort to rea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brown-Glaude, Winnifred R., 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2011.
Temas:
Street vendors > Jamaica > Kingston.
Women merchants > Jamaica > Kingston.
Social status > Jamaica > Kingston.
Small business > Jamaica > Kingston.
Informal sector (Economics) > Jamaica > Kingston.
Women's studies > Jamaica > Kingston.
Marchands des rues > Jamaïque > Kingston.
Commerçantes > Jamaïque > Kingston.
Statut social > Jamaïque > Kingston.
Secteur informel (Économie politique) > Jamaïque > Kingston.
Études sur les femmes > Jamaïque > Kingston.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
HISTORY > Caribbean & West Indies > General.
Informal sector (Economics)
Small business
Social status
Street vendors
Women merchants
Women's studies
Jamaica > Kingston
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Assessing the "whole of informality"
  • Intersectionality and the politics of embodiment
  • Higglering : a woman's domain?
  • "Baits of Satan?" : representations of Sunday/Negro markets and higgerling in the Jamaican economy from slavery to independence
  • "Natural rebels" or just plain nuisances? : representations of higglers in the Jamaican economy from slavery to independence
  • Higgler/ICI/business woman : what's in a name?
  • Dirty and dis/eased : bodies, public space and Afro-Jamaican higglers
  • Conclusion: Understanding the nuances of informality.

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