A feira livre de Boqueirão: comércio, consumo e produção do espaço.

Abstract

This article present some looks related to the open market in the town of Boqueirao-PB. It is one of the main open markets in the micro-region of Eastern Cariri of Paraíba state, being important to the city and also to the people of nearby towns. This research analyze the importance of this open market related to socio-economic aspects, but also aimed to understand the changes that occur in this space. The new forms of trade, the economic and cultural changes, the new consumption habits and the effects of competitiveness are relevant aspects in this research. As regards geographical area, there is new contents, forms and actions according to the new logical and market changes of consumption. As for the other social and economic practices (resistance), there is the practice of buying things “on credit”, which functions as a "vote of confidence" to people of low incomes purchase products. This business practice encourages closer and customized social relationships between seller and customer (client). In addition to the existence of this practice, other practices contribute in the process of markets reconfiguration in innovations times. We must therefore pay attention to the importance of this space, but also highlight your social / interactive and economic role in the current period of economic globalization.