A Day in "The Hole"
risk, loss, and excess in downtown lima
$176.00
- Hardcover
176 pages
- Release Date
24 November 2025
Summary
A Day in “The Hole”: Life and Labor in a Lima Marketplace
A single day in a semilegal market in Lima, Peru, reveals a social world that defies conventional economic logic.
In the heart of Lima’s historic center, the sprawling markets of El Hueco (“The Hole”) and Mesa Redonda pulse with life. Here, thousands of vendors sell everything from knockoff electronics to religious icons, while remaining woven into the fabric of the city. In A Day in “The Hole,”
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780226843377 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0226843378 |
| Author: | Daniella Gandolfo |
| Publisher: | The University of Chicago Press |
| Imprint: | University of Chicago Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 24 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm |
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“Gandolfo brings us the tale of a legendary Lima market in a big dirt hole. A knowing love poem to the market and a sharp-sighted study of everyday economics, A Day in “The Hole” chronicles grime, fire, faith, piracy, pain, and profit—and how the world spurns the storylines of progress and liberty we like to dream up for it. This book models twenty-first century anthropology at its splendid best.” * Orin Starn, coauthor of The Shining Path: Love, Madness, and Revolution in the Andes *
About The Author
Daniella Gandolfo
Daniella Gandolfo is professor of anthropology and Latin American studies at Wesleyan University. She is the author of The City at Its Limits: Taboo, Transgression, and Urban Renewal in Lima, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
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