To Be In Between: TheCholasas Market Women
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- demands of-the-market-place
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Comparative Studies in Society and History
- Vol. 31 (4) , 694-721
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0010417500016169
Abstract
When I did my first field research in Peru in 1974, I was struck by the forceful, energetic, and at times bawdy market women known ascholas. They stood out because they appeared fearless, astute, different, and unpredictable. I could ot find a counterpart among Peruvian males. The cholas feigned neither humility toward rich white foreigners nor unbridled admiration for their ways. They inhabited a world distinct from that of either the Quechua peasantry or the westernizedmestizobut easily interacted with bothcampesinosandmestizos. They freely insulted whom they pleased; they engaged in wheeling and dealing and stood their ground but could also be surprisingly generous, almost religiously so.Keywords
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