Feiras livres: uma análise socioeconômica da feira de Parangaba, em Fortaleza-CE

Abstract

This work aimed to analyze the relevance of the Parangaba fair for the socioeconomic development of the city of Fortaleza-Ce.Open markets are economic, social and cultural manifestations that, with population growth, has been transformed, expanded and adapted over time and in cities, according to the expansion of trade and the needs of individuals. In this research, social and economic factors will be prioritized.The fair under study is held on Sundays at Rua Pedro Muniz with Rua Vila Lobos and Rua Pedro Muniz with Rua Carneiro de Mendonça, in the Parangaba neighborhood in Fortaleza-Ce. The study will highlight the fair as a place of commerce (shopping, sales, exchanges, consumption) and socialization. We also tried to see how the pandemic affected the trade in fairs and the lives of marketers. A bibliographic research was carried out, using some sources such as: books, newspapers, monographs, theses, dissertations, articles, and materials made available on the Internet. The use of empirical knowledge and field research was used, using the dialectical method. In this perspective, the study of open markets is essential so that society can verify the dynamics of commercialization and the magnitude of fairs for the development of the city and the social agents that trade in the urban market.