Post-pandemic Poverty: Debt and the Feminisation of Finance in Marginal Sites

Abstract:

In Latin America, a recent driver of inequality and economic deprivation is growingcredit card debt among low-income families who were previously excluded fromformal sector consumer credit. This financialisation and targeting of women inparticular for unsecure sub-prime lending is investigated through ethnographicresearch on women’s struggles over credit access and debt payments, as well as thecorporate retailers that offer credit cards upon credit assessment based onalgorithmic technologies