Sani Yi Female Embroidery Traders’ Economic Participation

Abstract

With growing social change, an increasing number of Sani Yi females in Shilin, Yunnan Province, China, are presently entering the market to participate in economic activities, especially embroidery trade. Sani Yi female embroidery traders’ emergence, different types of traders, and their trading patterns will be analyzed in this paper. Moreover, this paper attempts to explore the ways in which Sani Yi female embroidery traders strategically apply their social capital to pursue better economic life. It also tries to examine how Sani Yi female embroidery traders’ economic participation brings changes in their lives and in their relations with males.