Banca de DEFESA: CINTIA GLÓRIA LIMA

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : CINTIA GLÓRIA LIMA
DATE: 15/01/2024
TIME: 14:30
LOCAL: FFCH (online)
TITLE:

“A GIRL OF COLOR IS NEEDED FOR DOMESTIC SERVICES”: CHILDHOOD AND THE DOMESTIC WORK MARKET IN SALVADOR (1890-1918)

KEY WORDS:

Post-abolition, Childhood, Domestic Work.

PAGES: 140
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: História
SUBÁREA: História do Brasil
SPECIALTY: História do Brasil República
SUMMARY:

The present study aimed to analyze the experiences of young women in the domestic labor market in Salvador, between 1890 and 1918, seeking to understand the relationships between minors and their employers, demonstrating their roles, forms of negotiation, conflicts and strategies of resistance in search of their own freedom and protagonism. It was observed that a number of them fled the homes where they worked, some with the help of their families, others with the support of friends and other solidarity networks. We sought to understand the reasons that led to this gesture of abandoning their jobs, and, for this, it was necessary to carry out a study on the domestic labor market, highlighting how these minors entered, what forms of precariousness and exploitation of their labor, among other questions. The study of these cases allows us to identify the place that the girls occupied within society, their characteristics, their relationships, the bonds with their family, friends and romantic relationships, as well as the places in which they circulated, their thoughts. Those characteristics, found in escape advertisements, described by employers, demonstrate the values and customs of certain segments of society. Although the women' "life" was regulated by guardianship and sole contracts, by medical and legal guidelines, or by informal agreements between their families and employers, they ran away, reported problems and even risked their own lives, which reveals a contradiction in the work relationships established in the post-abolition period: when they fled, they caused a disruption in society and constituted themselves as active subjects, elaborating their own experience, based on their gestures of disobedience. We noticed, in the documents, the need to describe them, to single them out, to contain them.

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