In this article, I discuss the notions of informality and illicitness based on an ethnographic study about commercialization of goods made in China, i.e. gadgets and fake goods. I have followed the whole commodity chain: factories in China, importation in Paraguay, and Brazilian street markets. Thus, I seek to show how the commodity statute and the work relations of this system metamorphose themselves between the formal and informal, licit and illicit. I also discuss other questions, such as entrepreneur ethos, outsourcing, relation between the informal sector and State, etc. I outline a comparative approach among the different countries studied: China, Paraguay, and Brazil. © 2009 ANPOCS.
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Pinheiro-Machado, R. (2008). China-Paraguai-Brasil uma rota para pensar a economia informal. Revista Brasileira de Ciencias Sociais, 23(67), 117–133. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-69092008000200009
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