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Cape Verdean women in transnational webs

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ID3131127
AuthorsMaria Margarida Marques (0000-0002-9288-7571, University of Lisbon, corresponding author), Rui Santos (0000-0003-2829-6475, Universidade Nova de Lisboa), Fernanda Araújo (University of Lisbon)
Year2001
Volume1
Issue3
Pages283-306
Publication date2001-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Networks (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1470-2266 • E-ISSN: 1471-0374
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1471-0374.00017
OpenAlexW2048132823
LanguageEN
Citations received17

This article is about Cape Verdean women who make a living through engaging in regular transnational petty trade. They buy consumer goods in West African countries, in Portugal and elsewhere in Europe, in Brazil and in the USA, to sell back in Cape Verde, either in open-air markets or in their own shops. Women perform most of this kind of trade and they operate on the border between the formal and informal economies. Drawing on interview material, the article shows how their self-presentation as autonomous self-reliant economic agents relates to gender and family roles and to a strategic balance between personal freedom and embeddedness in multi-territorialized networks

Cape verde · Economics · Economy · Embeddedness · Ethnology · Geography · Ho chi minh · Low income · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Anthropology · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Labor Movements and Unions · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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