Financial calculations and social boundaries in a debt and cash economy

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Autor(a) principal: Villarreal, Magdalena
Data de Publicação: 2011
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais (Porto Alegre. Online)
Texto Completo: https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/civitas/article/view/8338
Resumo: The article explores frameworks of calculation and value attribution in women´s everyday financial practices in the context of a cash and debt economy. The analysis is based on ethnographic information, as well as a survey carried out in 2007 within marginal sectors of the city of Guadalajara. It is argued that the struggle to increase and make the most of income, resources and capitals engages social and cultural aspects and involves multiple dimensions of everyday life. Many of the relations entailed – which might not be strictly defined as capitalist – may act to mediate and structure monetary processes.
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spelling Financial calculations and social boundaries in a debt and cash economyCálculos financieros y fronteras sociales en una economía de deuda y morrallaFinancial calculationsSocial boundariesCalculabilityPovertyCálculos financierosFronteras socialesCalculabilidadPobrezaThe article explores frameworks of calculation and value attribution in women´s everyday financial practices in the context of a cash and debt economy. The analysis is based on ethnographic information, as well as a survey carried out in 2007 within marginal sectors of the city of Guadalajara. It is argued that the struggle to increase and make the most of income, resources and capitals engages social and cultural aspects and involves multiple dimensions of everyday life. Many of the relations entailed – which might not be strictly defined as capitalist – may act to mediate and structure monetary processes.Se exploran los marcos de cálculo y valoración en las prácticas financieras cotidianas de mujeres en barrios marginados de la ciudad de Guadalajara a partir de un estudio etnográfico y cuantitativo realizado en 2007. Se argumenta que la lucha por incrementar y hacer rendir ingresos, recursos y capitales involucra múltiples dimensiones de la vida cotidiana y se conjuga en términos sociales y culturales. Aunque no se definan estrictamente como capitalistas, muchas de estas relaciones pueden actuar para mediar y estructurar procesos monetarios.Editora da Pucrs - ediPUCRS2011-02-07info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/civitas/article/view/833810.15448/1984-7289.2010.3.8338Civitas: journal of Social Sciences; Vol. 10 No. 3 (2010): Ethnography of economic practices: reflections on social boundaries; 392-409Civitas: revista de Ciências Sociais; Vol. 10 Núm. 3 (2010): Etnografias de práticas econômicas: reflexões sobre fronteiras sociais; 392-409Civitas: revista de Ciências Sociais; v. 10 n. 3 (2010): Etnografias de práticas econômicas: reflexões sobre fronteiras sociais; 392-4091984-72891519-608910.15448/1984-7289.2010.3reponame:Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais (Porto Alegre. Online)instname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)instacron:PUC_RSenghttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/civitas/article/view/8338/6756Copyright (c) 2016 Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociaishttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessVillarreal, Magdalena2016-08-29T20:07:55Zoai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/8338Revistahttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/index.php/civitas/oaiPRIhttp://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/civitas/oaicivitas@pucrs.br1984-72891519-6089opendoar:2016-08-29T20:07:55Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais (Porto Alegre. Online) - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Financial calculations and social boundaries in a debt and cash economy
Cálculos financieros y fronteras sociales en una economía de deuda y morralla
title Financial calculations and social boundaries in a debt and cash economy
spellingShingle Financial calculations and social boundaries in a debt and cash economy
Villarreal, Magdalena
Financial calculations
Social boundaries
Calculability
Poverty
Cálculos financieros
Fronteras sociales
Calculabilidad
Pobreza
title_short Financial calculations and social boundaries in a debt and cash economy
title_full Financial calculations and social boundaries in a debt and cash economy
title_fullStr Financial calculations and social boundaries in a debt and cash economy
title_full_unstemmed Financial calculations and social boundaries in a debt and cash economy
title_sort Financial calculations and social boundaries in a debt and cash economy
author Villarreal, Magdalena
author_facet Villarreal, Magdalena
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Villarreal, Magdalena
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Financial calculations
Social boundaries
Calculability
Poverty
Cálculos financieros
Fronteras sociales
Calculabilidad
Pobreza
topic Financial calculations
Social boundaries
Calculability
Poverty
Cálculos financieros
Fronteras sociales
Calculabilidad
Pobreza
description The article explores frameworks of calculation and value attribution in women´s everyday financial practices in the context of a cash and debt economy. The analysis is based on ethnographic information, as well as a survey carried out in 2007 within marginal sectors of the city of Guadalajara. It is argued that the struggle to increase and make the most of income, resources and capitals engages social and cultural aspects and involves multiple dimensions of everyday life. Many of the relations entailed – which might not be strictly defined as capitalist – may act to mediate and structure monetary processes.
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