Mulheres vendedeiras de produtos a grosso no Mercado do Zimpeto

Abstract

The present work analyzes the integration strategies and sales practices among women selling wholesale products in the Zimpeto Wholesale market. From an ethnographic analysis of data collected between wholesalers and based on observations, semi-structured interviews and informal conversations, I found that some women are involved in commercial activities because of the difficulty of finding employment in the formal sector. and others they are integrated influenced by the interpersonal relationships previously woven in the context of their kinship and friendship networks. The role of social networks is very important to ensure the means and the practical knowledge necessary to develop commercial activities. Women salespeople rely on family support to make the money available at the beginning of business and in guiding them during the practice of purchasing and selling products. After integration, women develop strategies to sell products in large quantities in order to accumulate economic capital for several reinvestments of social and economic reproduction. The study showed that there are other dynamics in the activities of the informal sector that come from women salespeople who move large goods to supply the institutions of the informal sector as well as the formal sector, the which ensures that there is no clear separation between the informal and formal sectors.(TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)