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.
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Domestic Servants in Literature and Testimony in Brazil, 1889-1999
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.
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Domestic Servants in Literature and Testimony in Brazil, 1889-1999
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781349469765 |
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Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
Publication date: | 02/05/2014 |
Edition description: | 1st ed. 2014 |
Pages: | 240 |
Product dimensions: | 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d) |
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