The Migration of Chinese Women to Mexico City (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)

This book focuses on the migration strategies of Chinese women who travel to Mexico City in search of opportunities and survival. Specifically, it explores the experiences and contributions of women who have placed themselves within the local and conflictive networks of Mexico Citys downtown street markets (particularly in Tepito), where they work as suppliers and petty vendors of inexpensive products made in China (specifically in Yiwu). Street markets are the vital nodes of Mexican "popular" economy (economia popular), but the people that work and live among them have a long history of marginalization in relation to formal economic networks in Mexico City. Despite the difficult conditions of these spaces, in the last three decades they have become a new source of economic opportunities and labor market access for Chinese migrants, particularly for women. Through their commerce, these migrants have introduced new commodities and new trade dynamics into these markets, which are thereby transformed into alternative spaces of globalization.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Historical and Cultural Interconnections between Latin America and Asia
Release date:	November 2021
First published:	2020
Authors:	Ximena Alba Villalever
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	281
Edition:	1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-053346-5
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > Immigration & emigration Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
LSN:	3-03-053346-8
Barcode:	9783030533465

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