Alimentar a otros para alimentar a los propios: dualidades y desigualdades de la venta del trabajo de alimentar en la Ciudad de México

Studies on informal urban labor have largely overlooked the lives of the workers themselves. This article analyzes the experience of working-class women food vendors in order to describe the interaction between paid and unpaid food-related work and its effects on women’s class and gender position. A...

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Auteur principal: Villagómez Ornelas, Paloma
Format: Online
Langue:espagnol
Éditeur: El Colegio de México A.C. 2021
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Accès en ligne:https://estudiosdegenero.colmex.mx/index.php/eg/article/view/691
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Estudios de Género

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Résumé:Studies on informal urban labor have largely overlooked the lives of the workers themselves. This article analyzes the experience of working-class women food vendors in order to describe the interaction between paid and unpaid food-related work and its effects on women’s class and gender position. An analysis of interviews shows that providing food develops co-produced subjective dualities between public and domestic spheres; in both spaces, reproductive labor is disparaged but it also represents a source of pride and public recognition. The prevailing subjective balance depends on available resources, women’s capacity to mobilize them, and overall business performance.