Who is worth being called a ‘worker’? Domestic workers’ struggle for recognition in Brazil
Acciari, L.
(2014).
Who is worth being called a ‘worker’? Domestic workers’ struggle for recognition in Brazil.
The rights of domestic workers have recently been at the centre of public debate in Brazil, with issues such as prejudice, the remnants of an ideology of slavery and mistreatment of workers being discussed openly in the media. In this post, Louisa Acciari argues that the intersection of gender, race and class in the Brazilian context works to devalue domestic workers, positioning them as unskilled cheap labour.
| Item Type | Online resource |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2014 The Author |
| Departments | LSE |
| Date Deposited | 08 Jan 2015 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/60676 |