Domestic Labor in Twenty-First Century Latin American Cinema

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Sous la direction de Elizabeth Osborne et Sofía Ruiz-Alfaro

Type: Essais
Sujet: Pays > Amérique latine
Mots Clés: Amérique latine, aspects sociaux
Année d'édition: 2021
Editeur: Palgrave MacMillan
1ere édition: 2020
Langue: anglais

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Broché • 256 pages
15 x 21 cm

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978-3-030-33298-3

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Description de l'ouvrage :
This volume explores the character of the domestic worker in twenty-first century Latin American cinema and analyzes how recent filmic representations of the housemaid question the marginalization of domestic servants, in particular women, by making them the center of their narratives, their families, and society. The essays in this book posit the female domestic worker as an emergent subjectivity, a complex character who problematizes and contests the hierarchical power structures within the family dynamics and new socioeconomic orders found in contemporary Latin America.

Readers will find a variety of representations across the continent as well as transnational commonalities of the cinematic figure and role of the housemaid, including the negotiation of a multilayered politics of affection in the framework of prevalent paternalism, and the complex and contradictory dynamic between private and public spaces, where domestic paid labor occupies a central role in maintaining gender, class, and ethnic inequalities.

À propos des auteurs :
Elizabeth Osborne, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of World Languages, Worcester State University, USA. Sofía Ruiz-Alfaro, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish and Linguistics, Franklin and Marshall College, USA.

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