Domestic Servants in Literature and Testimony in Brazil, 1889-1999

Zusatztext "The new English-language edition is substantiallyexpanded! especially in the general introduction and at the start of eachchapter! to provide additional theoretical grounding and context for aninternational audience. ? This new edition makes the work fully accessible andrelevant to Latin Americanist scholars with limited knowledge of Brazil and thePortuguese language! but it will also be extremely valuable for specialists inBrazil! particularly those concerned with interracial and class relationships!labor history! and women's writing." (Katherine Ostrom! Letras Femeninas! Vol.41 (1)! December! 2015) Informationen zum Autor Sônia Roncador is Associate Professor of Brazilian Literature and Culture in Department of Spanish and Portuguese at The University of Texas at Austin, USA. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - The Burdened Legacy of Domestic Servitude in Brazil 1. Júlia's Maids: Servants in the Cultural Imaginary of the Tropical Belle Époque 2. 'My Ol' Black Mammy': Childhood Maids in Brazilian Modernist Memoirs 3. 'How to Treat a Maid?': Misencounters with Servants in Clarice Lispector's 4. Writers in Aprons: Brazilian Servants' Testimonios

List of contents

Introduction - The Burdened Legacy of Domestic Servitude in Brazil 1. Júlia's Maids: Servants in the Cultural Imaginary of the Tropical Belle Époque 2. 'My Ol' Black Mammy': Childhood Maids in Brazilian Modernist Memoirs 3. 'How to Treat a Maid?': Misencounters with Servants in Clarice Lispector's 4. Writers in Aprons: Brazilian Servants' Testimonios

Product details

• Authors: S Roncador, S. Roncador, Saonia Roncador, Snia Roncador, Sonia Roncador
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.02.2014
• EAN: 9781137353795
• ISBN: 978-1-137-35379-5
• No. of pages: 249
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); B, Literature, Media Studies, Social Inequality, Cultural Studies, Society & culture: general, Media and Communication, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Literature: history & criticism, Social Structure, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, World Literature, North America (USA and Canada), Culture—Study and teaching, Cultural and Media Studies, general, Palgrave Political Science Collection, Latin American Culture, Ethnology—Latin America, Postcolonial/World Literature, America—Literatures, North American Literature