The Existence of Women as a Pillar of Economic Resilience of Middle-Class Community Across Civilization

Case Study: Women Traders of Traditional Markets in Tambakboyo District

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10.2991/aebmr.k.211207.005How to use a DOI?

Keywords

woman trader; traditional Market; Tambakboyo sub-district; capital; Pierre Bordiue

Abstract

This article aims to discuss the role of women traders of traditional markets in maintaining the economic resilience of families in the Tambakboyo sub-district as part of their active participation in keeping the economic resilience stable of society and the nation. Patriarchal culture places women in a marginal social construction, not least in the cultural area of Javanese society in various spheres of life. It determines women as an inferior group with some natures of inferiority. The social dynamics and realities that have emerged in the Pandemic of COVID-19 have triggered women to move outside the domestic door and maintain their existence in playing a significant role in the economic sphere. This practice resulted in several problem formulations. Those are (1) What is the meaning of the participation of women traders in traditional markets for the survival of the community life and economic resilience in the Tambakboyo sub-district during the Pandemic? (2) What is the form of capital owned by women traders in traditional markets in maintaining their existence in Pierre Bordieu’s perspective? (3) What is the perception scheme of women traders in traditional markets in the economic realm in Pierre Bordieu’s perspective? Apart from the reductionist concept that distorted women’s humanity to body shape, women like men have the talent to participate in nation-building in the public sphere. Community in the sense of traditional meaning by a massive trend of digitalization and the regulations of social distancing in the pandemic era does not reduce the significance of women traders of traditional market role for economic resilience. The practice in the economic field of women traders in traditional markets in Tambakboyo District shows a new scheme for the solidity of the capital building of women from the lower middle class as a pillar of the nation’s economic development across the civilization.

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AU  - Faridlatus Sya’adah
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