The corn tortilla: a national price increase and its symbolism in the context of social differentiation in urban area of San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas

This article analyzes the impact of the rising price of tortillas in low to high income households in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas. Based on field data, the study states that the tortilla is a Giffen good for poor urban households. A Giffen good is a characteristic of a product which states t...

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Authors: López Arévalo, Jorge, Sovilla, Bruno, Martínez Velasco, Germán
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Publication Date:2015
Country:México
Institution:UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIAPAS
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Language:Spanish
English
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spelling The corn tortilla: a national price increase and its symbolism in the context of social differentiation in urban area of San Cristobal de las Casas, ChiapasTortillas de maíz: simbolismo nacional e incremento de precios en un contexto de diferenciación social en el área urbana de San Cristóbal de Las Casas, ChiapasLópez Arévalo, JorgeSovilla, BrunoMartínez Velasco, Germán TortillasGiffenChiapasCulturaTortillasGiffenChiapascultureThis article analyzes the impact of the rising price of tortillas in low to high income households in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas. Based on field data, the study states that the tortilla is a Giffen good for poor urban households. A Giffen good is a characteristic of a product which states that as the price increases, demand does not diminish but rather increases. This contradicts the law of demand that states that the consumption of a product decreases relative to an increase in its price. In this sense, in the sociocultural context of a federal entity such as Chiapas, the process of growing indigenous urbanization has brought a separation from the primary means of food production, which is land. This study confirms that it is the poor and urban indigenous population which is greatly affected, since they have a higher Giffen behavior of a greater consumption of tortillas despite an increase in price due to the cultural character that the tortilla represents.Este artículo analiza el impacto del aumento del precio de la tortilla en el consumo de hogares de ingresos bajo y alto en San Cristóbal de Las Casas (Chiapas). Con base en información de campo, el estudio establece que la tortilla representa un bien Giffen para los hogares pobres urbanos, entendiéndose por bien Giffen el atributo que tiene un producto que ante un aumento de precio, lejos de disminuir su demanda, ésta aumenta, contradiciendo la propia ley de la demanda que establece que el consumo de un producto disminuye ante un incremento de su precio. En ese sentido, en el marco sociocultural de un entidad federativa como Chiapas, con un proceso de urbanización indígena creciente ha llevado consigo una separación de su principal medio de producción que es la tierra, confirmándose en este estudio que es esa población indígena pobre y urbana quien resulta mayormente afectada ya que asumen un comportamiento Giffen de mayor consumo de tortillas, pese al aumento de su precio, debido al carácter cultural que la tortilla representa.Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas2015-06-02info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdftext/htmlapplication/epub+zipapplication/pdfhttps://www.espacioimasd.unach.mx/index.php/Inicio/article/view/6310.31644/IMASD.8.2015.a01Espacioimasd; Vol. 4 No. 8 (2015): June - SeptemberEspacio I+D, Innovación más desarrollo; Vol. 4 Núm. 8 (2015): Junio - Septiembre2007-6703reponame:Revista Espacio I+D Innovación más Desarrolloinstname:UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIAPASinstacron:UNACHspaenghttps://www.espacioimasd.unach.mx/index.php/Inicio/article/view/63/192https://www.espacioimasd.unach.mx/index.php/Inicio/article/view/63/193https://www.espacioimasd.unach.mx/index.php/Inicio/article/view/63/194https://www.espacioimasd.unach.mx/index.php/Inicio/article/view/63/195Derechos de autor 2015 Espacio I+D, Innovación más desarrolloinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ojs.espacioimasd.unach.mx:article/632024-08-22T19:25:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The corn tortilla: a national price increase and its symbolism in the context of social differentiation in urban area of San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas
Tortillas de maíz: simbolismo nacional e incremento de precios en un contexto de diferenciación social en el área urbana de San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas
title The corn tortilla: a national price increase and its symbolism in the context of social differentiation in urban area of San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas
spellingShingle The corn tortilla: a national price increase and its symbolism in the context of social differentiation in urban area of San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas
López Arévalo, Jorge
Tortillas
Giffen
Chiapas
Cultura
Tortillas
Giffen
Chiapas
culture
title_short The corn tortilla: a national price increase and its symbolism in the context of social differentiation in urban area of San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas
title_full The corn tortilla: a national price increase and its symbolism in the context of social differentiation in urban area of San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas
title_fullStr The corn tortilla: a national price increase and its symbolism in the context of social differentiation in urban area of San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas
title_full_unstemmed The corn tortilla: a national price increase and its symbolism in the context of social differentiation in urban area of San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas
title_sort The corn tortilla: a national price increase and its symbolism in the context of social differentiation in urban area of San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv López Arévalo, Jorge
Sovilla, Bruno
Martínez Velasco, Germán
author López Arévalo, Jorge
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Sovilla, Bruno
Martínez Velasco, Germán
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Martínez Velasco, Germán
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Tortillas
Giffen
Chiapas
Cultura
Tortillas
Giffen
Chiapas
culture
topic Tortillas
Giffen
Chiapas
Cultura
Tortillas
Giffen
Chiapas
culture
description This article analyzes the impact of the rising price of tortillas in low to high income households in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas. Based on field data, the study states that the tortilla is a Giffen good for poor urban households. A Giffen good is a characteristic of a product which states that as the price increases, demand does not diminish but rather increases. This contradicts the law of demand that states that the consumption of a product decreases relative to an increase in its price. In this sense, in the sociocultural context of a federal entity such as Chiapas, the process of growing indigenous urbanization has brought a separation from the primary means of food production, which is land. This study confirms that it is the poor and urban indigenous population which is greatly affected, since they have a higher Giffen behavior of a greater consumption of tortillas despite an increase in price due to the cultural character that the tortilla represents.
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