Domestic Servants in Literature and Testimony in Brazil, 1889-1999
Description
Drawing from a variety of historical sources, theory, and fictional and non-fictional production, this book addresses the cultural imaginary of domestic servants in modern Brazil and demonstrates maids' symbolic centrality to shifting notions of servitude, subordination, femininity, and domesticity.
Keywords
Social ScienceSocial Classes & Economic DisparityLiterary CriticismAmericanMedia StudiesAnthropologyCultural & SocialEthnic StudiesCaribbean & Latin American StudiesPolitical Science
2014Book
Author(s)Sonia Roncador
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9781137353795
LanguageEnglish
