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Trading on inequality: gender and the drinks trade in southern Tanzania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2011

Maia Green
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Cet article examine la logique économique du marché national des boissons et sa place dans les stratégies de subsistance des hommes et des femmes du district rural d'Ulanga, dans le sud de la Tanzanie, où les activités brassicoles des femmes coexistent avec la monopolisation du marché des alcools de sue par les hommes. La disponibilité saisonnière des alcools de sue, combinée avec l'intégration du district dans les marchés céréaliers nationaux, crée une brève opportunité pour certaines femmes d'augmenter les revenus qu'elles tirent de la production et de la vente de bière de maïs, une opportunité rendue possible par l'interdépendance économique inégale des hommes et des femmes ainsi que de différentes régions de la Tanzanie. L'essor saisonnier du marché de la bière de maïs survient lorsque le prix du maïs est élevé et les stocks de céréales domestiques sont faibles. Les brasseurs doivent faire un choix entre satisfaire leurs besoins de consommation immédiats et investir leurs modestes réserves de capitaux ou de céréales dans la production de biére dans l'espoir de générer des profits à plus long terme. Comme dans d'autres régions de la Tanzanie, ce choix s'exprime de façon idiomatique à travers le contraste entre “manger” (kulia) et “générer” (zalisha) à travers lequel les céréales, et l'argent auquel elles sont explicitement comparées, peuvent être amenées à se reproduire grâce à un investissement prudent.

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Rural women's other work
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Africa , Volume 69 , Issue 3 , July 1999 , pp. 404 - 425
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Copyright © International African Institute 1999

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