Geografia e gênero em Manaus: a dinâmica humana nos minimercados da periferia da metrópole

Abstract

Minimarkets are products and producers of the economy on the outskirts of Manaus, They are, in short, the result of self-construction and self-employment practiced by people on the periphery. and self-employment practiced by peripheral subjects, thus forming a network that serves the lower circuit of the urban urban economy in the space where they are located. The monograph in question aims to the analysis of gender issues, such as the distinction of socially established roles within mini-markets, emphasizing the role of women as owners and workers in mini-markets. the role of women as owners and workers in mini-markets. women continue to be overburdened, playing numerous roles at the same time and, above all, being directed roles at the same time and, above all, being directed by her partner even as the owner of the store. of the establishment. The monograph also traces the profile of the mini-markets in the Jorge Teixeira neighborhood. Jorge Teixeira neighborhood, compared to the profile drawn up by SEBRAE, showing a simpler reality The monograph also profiles the mini-markets in the Jorge Teixeira neighbourhood in relation to the profile drawn up by SEBRAE, showing a simpler reality that once met its customer demand. The subjects of the research receive attention in their position as shapers of urban space, in the periphery, where the peripheral subject is capable of making decisions and influencing positively or not the geographic space where he is inserted, also identifying his performance as an entrepreneur within the social context where he is inserted, because in the periphery he produces and reproduces, from urban structures to unequal social relations. The entire section of this research is analyzed in the light of the historical-critical-dialectical method, which the critique of the critique, through the basic readings already mentioned, found in practice and in the historicity of the object. in the practice and historicity of the object of this analysis, the mini-market. Key words: Gender; Minimarket; Periphery.