Open AccessInteracciones económicas, interacciones simbólicas. Una aproximación etnográfica al significado social del dólar blue en Argentina
Author(s) -
María Soledad Sánchez
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
antipoda/antípoda
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.159
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 1900-5407
pISSN - 2011-4273
DOI - 10.7440/antipoda17.2013.07
Subject(s) - liberian dollar , meaning (existential) , ethnography , humanities , sociology , ethnology , art , anthropology , philosophy , epistemology , linguistics
In this article, we analyze the social meaning of the "blue" dollar in Argentina, based on the characterization of the network of social relations in which it is (illegally) exchanged and on the moral meaning it represents. We consider that in late modern societies money should be seen in light of its semantic plurality. Through an ethnographic analysis of the illegal dollar market, we explore the relations between monetary practices, cultural meanings, and social relations