Informal Commercial Cooking by Brazilian Women in France

Between Assignment, Emancipation and Networking

Bibliographic Data

ID3036159
AuthorsM Sigrist (0000-0001-9203-8476, Université de Tours), Isabelle Bianquis (0000-0001-8699-2431, Université de Tours), Maxime Michaud (0000-0001-8961-7311, Institut Paul Bocuse)
Year2022
Volume38
Issue1-2
Publication date2022-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevue européenne des migrations internationales (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0765-0752 • E-ISSN: 1777-5418
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/remi.21869
OpenAlexW4320078362
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited39

In order to resist precariousness and to boost autonomy in their new country of residence, Brazilian women cook dishes associated with their homeland and sell them to other Brazilians in the city of Lyon. Through informal activities, not legally declared in France, adapted from their country of origin, they alleviate the social and economic difficulties of their daily lives. Thus, they bear witness to the way in which food, in a migratory context, can be part of a know-how that becomes valuable through cultural distance. Such valorization does not only concern recipes and techniques but also includes trade practices widely present in Brazil. Although immigrant women emancipate themselves through this activity, particular social rationales assign them to care activities

Autonomy · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Emancipation · Geography · Homeland · Immigration · Indigenous · Political science · Politics · Residence · Sociology · Witness · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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