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

Roncador, S.

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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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2014-02-05

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349469765

DOI: 10.1057/9781137353801

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 240