Lutte des travailleuses domestiques au Brésil

Racisme, sexisme et inégalités de classe

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ID6196382
AuthorsValeria Ribeiro Corossacz (0000-0002-7143-3722, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume150-151
Issue150-151
Pages159-180
Publication date2017-11-15
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal des anthropologues (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1156-0428 • E-ISSN: 2114-2203
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/jda.6797
OpenAlexW2801426031
LanguageFR
Citations received3
References cited16

This article presents data collected during fieldwork conducted in 2013-2015 among 20 domestic workers and 10 domestic worker activists in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Campinas (Brazil). In particular, it examines the domestic workers’ job conditions and political struggles to achieve the same labor rights as other workers by demanding that state institutions recognize that «domestic work is work» and accept their claims. These struggles made it possible for domestic workers, who are poor, non-educated and mostly black women, to achieve significant results that improved their lives and self-esteem. In these political actions, activists established coalitions with other subjectivities such as the black movement. \nDomestic workers’ struggles have always faced opposition, and this article argues that these forms of opposition are linked not only to the conservative interests of most right-wing groups, but also to a more complex imbrication of structures of inequality based on the social division of domestic labor and its links with racism and class inequalities. \nDomestic workers’ battles thus pave the way for a broader political project that aims to dismantle structures of inequality such racism, sexism and class inequality and their intersection

Art · Humanities · Political science · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · International Labor and Employment Law · Sex work and related issues

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