Cover; About the author; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Looking beyond the informal economy; Social theoretical foundations of the study; Sociality; Narrative; Spatial practice; Temporality; Chapter overview; 1. Street vending in Dar es Salaam; A brief history of struggle; After independence: resuming colonial policies; Street vendors in Dar es Salaam today: a desire for change; Ethnographic fieldwork with mobile street vendors; 2. Urban perspectives on rural pasts: a narrative of 'being Wayao' in Dar es Salaam; From the village to the kijiweni
Narrating Wayao-nessBeing Wayao in the city; 3. The micro-politics of sociality among Wayao street vendors; Sources of uchawi; Pinned down by 'dirty magic': the story of Rahim; On the flip-side of uchawi: replicating kinship-like relations; 4. Too familiar to trust: a paradox of social proximity; The case of the bank account; Theories of trust; Trust among self-organised workers; Opacity and trust; 5. The creative potential of shoe vending: practices and emerging sociality; 6. Carrying knowledge through the streets: old shoes as meaningful objects; The temporal organisation of Karume Market
Mapping shoes onto the streetsGrandmothers and city girls; Knowing how to act; 7. Sharing is daring: cooperation at the kijiweni; Sharing tools; Sharing profits; Practices of entrustment in the absence of trust; 8. Creating a market where there is none: the spatial practices of street vending; Finding your way through the streets; The rhythms of street vending; Talking to 'witches' and 'whites': categorising customers; Use the force: street vending with an attitude; The market as an epistemic landscape; Conclusion: Stuck in an extended present; Notes; References; Index
Summary
An in-depth study of street trading in Dar es Salaam, revealing the hidden dimensions of the city's thriving informal economy
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 16, 2019)
