Domestic workers

trajectories, experiences and everyday life

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-0490.v21i1p87-101

Keywords:

Domestic labor, Everyday life, Emotion, Trajectories, Experiences

Abstract

In a context of changes in legislation and with expansion of rights in domestic service, it was made a research to investigate the practices and the meanings produced in the daily lives of domestic workers. The investigation occurred in two Brazilian metropolitan regions: Grande Florianópolis and Baixada Fluminense. Based on biographic methods, 27 domestic workers (housemaids and cleaners) were interviewed, with use of photographs and colorful schedule. In the analysis, three meaning cores were identified: educational and work trajectories, labor experiences and management of daily life and work. The trajectories reveal early entry into working life and low education level as factors that reinforced to perform paid domestic work. The experiences were constituted by emotional ambiguities in relations with employers and families, particularly for the housemaids. The management of daily life reveals peculiarities of housemaids and cleaners work and ability to negotiate with cunning and tacit knowledge. The analysis stresses the articulation between emotional ambiguities and imperative demands in an intense, intimate everyday work life marked by traces of slave heritage.

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Author Biographies

  • Maria Chalfin Coutinho, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

    Professora Titular da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina na graduação e na Pós-Graduação em Psicologia. Coordena o Núcleo de Estudos Trabalho e Constituição do Sujeito (NETCOS) da UFSC. Coordenou o GT "Trabalho e processos organizativos na contemporaneidade" da ANPEPP. Realizou estudos pós-doutorais junto ao Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia Social da USP (2010/2011). Bolsista Produtividade em Pesquisa pelo CNPq.

  • Geruza Tavares D'´Avila, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande

    Professora do curso de Psicologia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG). Doutora e mestra pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia (PPGP) pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC). Pesquisadora do Núcleo de Estudos do Trabalho e Constituição do Sujeito (NETCOS).

  • Tielly Rosado Maders, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

    Doutoranda e mestre pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia (PPGP) na Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Especialista em Políticas Públicas para a América Latina (FLACSO). Psicóloga pela UFN

  • Marcelo Morais, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

    Graduando em Psicologia pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina.

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Published

2018-09-12

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 1 (2018)

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Original Articles

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How to Cite

Domestic workers: trajectories, experiences and everyday life. (2018). Cadernos De Psicologia Social Do Trabalho, 21(1), 87-101. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1981-0490.v21i1p87-101