Marxian Crisis, Maussian Gift: The mutual-help practices of Lisbons Cape Verdean labor immigrants in an age of austerity
The post-2008 economic crisis in Portugal has been particularly severe in the neighborhoods in which many of the countrys Cape Verdean labor immigrants live. In this article, I will attempt to examine how my informants have conceptualized the current downturn, as well as how they have used gifts of mutual help (djuda) to cope with, or even overcome, the profound challenges of living on a Lisbon periphery in crisis. An additional factor I will explore is the perception among my informants that the giving of mutual-help gifts has lost importance. I will argue that there is a disconnect between Cape Verdeans perceiving that their mutual-help practices are in decline and simultaneously needing the material support that they provide.
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Centro de Estudos Internacionais do ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
2012
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| Online Access: | http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1645-37942012000200002 |
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