Migração Chinesa: comércio e moradia no centro de São Luís, MA

Abstract

São Luís is inserted in the current context of Chinese migration that occurs in Brazil and in the World, although it is not with the same intensity that it presents itself in other cities, like São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, it is included in a context of intern mobilizations, in which there is a displacement of these migrants from the Southeast to cities of the north and mainly northeast. Thus, this study intends to provide information on Chinese migration that has occurred in the center of São Luís, through the use of oral history, fieldwork and bibliographical research / informational data, which will provide details of the area occupied by this population in the center of the city, its occupations and dwellings, approaching its means of insertion facilitated by its networks of support. It has been noted that the Chinese are looking for places conducive to their trade, preferring to live close to their workplaces and do not create relationships with the city they choose to live in, since they only want to improve their financial conditions.