Domestic servants in literature and testimony in brazil, 1889-1999
Auteur :
Roncador, S.
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781349469765
Date de publication :
5 févr. 2014
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.