Moral encounters

Drawing Boundaries of Class, Sexuality and Migrancy in Paid Domestic Work

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2146398
AutoresLena Näre (0000-0001-6096-9276, autor correspondente)
Ano2014
Volume37
Fascículo2
Páginas363-380
Data de publicação2014-01-28
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEthnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01419870.2012.729669
OpenAlexW2071592785
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas21
Referências citadas36

I examine how migrant-national encounters are morally framed through boundary making based on intersections of class, sexuality, ethnicity and migrancy. Encounters are a fruitful lens for the study of the everyday politics of diversity and belonging. By focusing on encounters it is possible to analyse whether close contact does in fact reduce prejudice, as has been argued in research on cosmopolitan urbanism. I present the notion of contact space as a conceptual tool for such analysis, as well as examples of contact spaces in the private and public spheres. I use ethnographic data on the employment of domestic workers in Naples, Italy, to show that close contact does not alleviate prejudices in societies that offer little possibility of social advancement for migrant workers

Ethnic group · Ethnography · Geography · Human sexuality · Political science · Politics · Prejudice (legal term · Public space · Sex work · Sociology · Urbanism · Anthropology · Architecture · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Social Psychology