Chinese factor in the space, place and agency of female head porters in urban Ghana
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 3977414 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Karsten Giese (German Institute for Global and Area Studies), Alena Thiel (0000-0002-1092-1140, German Institute for Global and Area Studies, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2015 |
| Volumen | 16 |
| Número | 4 |
| Páginas | 444-464 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2015-05-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Social & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197 |
| Editorial | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14649365.2014.998266 |
| OpenAlex | W2152649328 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 4 |
| Referencias citadas | 13 |
Migrating from northern Ghana to the coastal capital Accra in search of work, female head porters (‘kayayei’) find themselves in social structures and spatial orders that are imbued with various relations of seniority and power that constrain newcomers' entrepreneurial options. Yet, with the recent arrival of Chinese entrepreneurs in the social arena of Accra's marketplace, these power relations and gate-keeping mechanisms have begun to change. In this article, we analyse how female head porters perceive and appropriate the opportunities that arise as a result of the Chinese being seen by both they themselves and others as outsiders to Ghanaian society. By unintentionally enabling head-load carriers to extend their actual and symbolic claims to spatial realms that they were previously excluded from, the Chinese traders are facilitating head porters' expanded role within the social construction of place and space in Ghana's main urban market centre. They are therefore altering the patterns of everyday interactions between these head-load carriers and their environment
Agency (philosophy · Economic geography · Factor (programming language · Geography · Head (geology · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Urban space · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Socioeconomic Development in Asia · Geology
Gendered poverty, migration and livelihood strategies of female porters in Accra, Ghana
Onions Are My Husband
Heavy burdens
Demystifying Chinese business strength in urban Senegal and Ghana
Bearing the weight
Same-Same But Different
Kayayei
Resources for Adjusting Well to Work Migration
Urban Poverty, Livelihood, and Gender
The vulnerable other - distorted equity in Chinese-Ghanaian employment relations
| Obras citantes distintas | 4 |
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| Citas por año | 0,44 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2017 - 2023 (7) |
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 4 |