Peruvian street lives: culture, power, and economy among market women of Cuzco

Title
  1. Peruvian street lives: culture, power, and economy among market women of Cuzco / Linda J. Seligmann.
Published by
  1. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2004.
Author
  1. Seligmann, Linda J., 1954-

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Description
  1. x, 249 p. ill.; 24 cm.
Series statement
  1. Interpretations of culture in the new millennium
Subject
  1. Peddlers and peddling > Peru > Cuzco
  2. Poor women > Peru > Cuzco
  3. Women > Peru > Cuzco > Social conditions
  4. Markets > Peru > Cuzco
  5. Women > Peru > Cuzco > Economic conditions
  6. Women merchants > Peru > Cuzco
Contents
  1. Market spaces and market places -- Dried goods, soup, and fried eggs: exchange relations among market women -- Bitter salt: household structures and gender ideologies -- Straw hats: the world of wholesalers -- Harpies and the empty, dirty, overpriced bread basket: regulating the market chain -- Sharks: loan and credit arrangements -- Talking brew, butchering patience: conversations in the marketplace -- Race recipes: alliances and animosity -- Angels and saints: popular religiosity among market women -- Two-way streets: political action among market women -- Conclusion: what's in store?
Call number
  1. JHE 04-362
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-235) and index.
Author
  1. Seligmann, Linda J., 1954-
Title
  1. Peruvian street lives: culture, power, and economy among market women of Cuzco / Linda J. Seligmann.
Imprint
  1. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2004.
Series
  1. Interpretations of culture in the new millennium
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-235) and index.
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  1. Table of contents
LCCN
  1. 2003014290
ISBN
  1. 0252029011 (cloth : alk. paper)
  2. 0252071670 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. JHE 04-362
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