Abstract

PERELMAN, Mariano D. Living The Work: Social Transformation, Ciruejo, and Ambulant Vending. Trab. soc. [online]. 2014, n.23, pp.45-65. ISSN 1514-6871.

This article focuses on societal change since the implementation of a series of neoliberal policies in Argentina, and the related impact on the subjectivities of people in two occupations in the grey zone between work and non-work: cirujeo and ambulant vending in trains of the city of Buenos Aires. Both of these activities existed before the era of neoliberal reforms, but their prevalence increased during the 1990s, and, importantly, the way these activities were viewed can only be understood within the context of the changes the era engendered. From the cases, I will show how meanings around work are built from both hegemonic discourses and depending on the experiences of people. This allows addressing the nuances and complexities of the analysis on the work is experience in Argentina post convertibility and how changes has impacted on the subjectivities of those who continued to earn a living through the formal market, the ones that began to do it in the informal market and in those that always did it through out of the market.

Keywords : Ambulant Vending; Cirujeo; Work; Buenos Aires; Unemployment.

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