Domestic Servants in Literature and Testimony in Brazil, 1889-1999 (Hardcover)

This book demonstrates the symbolic centrality of servants in Brazilian intellectual discourse (fiction, memoirs, conduct literature, and journalism) over the course of one century--from the aftermath of the abolition of slavery (1888) to late twentieth-century maids' testimonies. It explores demeaning images of servants to examine the ways intellectuals reconciled the colonial legacy of servitude with Brazil's modernization. While the first chapters examine the discourse of 'the servant problem, ' revealing the elite's power anxieties vis-a-vis post-abolition transformations of domestic social contracts, later chapters explore new nuances of cross-racial conflicts facing contemporary servants' grassroots movements and the increase in female white-collar employment.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2014
First published:	2014
Authors:	S Roncador
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-35379-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Social classes > General Promotions
LSN:	1-137-35379-1
Barcode:	9781137353795

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