Bringing rights to the table : domestic workers' experiences defending labour rights in Brazil
department or school: Graduate Studies, College of (Okanagan)
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCO
creator: Prado Nogueira, Marina
issued: 2017-03-30T22:36:41Z
issued: 2017
related degree: Master of Arts - MA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Are changes to labour law legislation still relevant today when neoliberalism is curtailing industrial citizenship? And, where progressive changes are introduced, what evidence exists, if any, of changing relations between marginalized women workers (e.g. “domésticas”) and their employers? In 2013, the Brazilian government passed a Constitutional Amendment Bill n°72/2013 (also referred to as PEC Das Domésticas), a set of labour laws harmonizing domestic workers’ rights to that of workers in other occupations. This study examines the new legislation of the PEC and ascertains its significance to improve the terms and conditions shaping the everyday experiences of domésticas. Using qualitative methodologies grounded in feminist theories of intersectionality and affect, I critically analyze the holistic experiences of women domestic workers, understood as overlapping and intertwined realities of class, gender, and racial identifications. By weaving domestic workers’ narratives into an intersectional analysis of domestic work as affective labour, I expose the multiple forms of historically derived oppressions, as well as strategies of resistance arising to contest the exploitation of their labour. This research then argues that labour rights alone are insufficient to address the vulnerabilities and challenges experience by women domestic workers. Domestic workers’ experiences suggest the struggle for better working conditions and social recognition is implicated in contemporary frictions between cultural notions of servitude and the exercise of citizenship by the working classes. While Brazil’s recent policy reform reveals persistent bourgeoisie discourses resisting treating domestic work as work, it also serves to bring domestic work to greater visibility and a renewed political consciousness about identity and workplace issues. The present study contributes to the ongoing scholarly debates on how structural inequalities based on gender and race influence labour market …
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note: BRINGING RIGHTS TO THE TABLE: DOMESTIC WORKERS’ EXPERIENCES DEFENDING LABOUR RIGHTS IN BRAZIL by Marina Prado Nogueira B.A., The University of British Columbia, 2011 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS in THE COLLEGE OF GRADUATE STUDIES (Interdisciplinary Studies) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRIISH COLUMBIA (Okanagan) March 2017 © Marina Prado Nogueira, 2017 ii The undersigned certify that they have read, and recommend to the College of Graduate Studies for acceptance, a thesis entitled: Bringing Rights to the Table: Domestic Workers’ Experiences Defending Labour Rights in Brazil Submitted by Marina Prado Nogueira in partial fulfillment of the requirements of The degree of Masters of Arts . Dr. Luis L. M. Aguiar, Irving K. Barber School of Arts & Science, UBC Okanagan Supervisor, Professor (please print name and faculty/school above the line) Dr. Ilya Parkins, Irving K. Barber School of Arts & Science, UBC Okanagan Supervisory Committee Member, Professor (please print name and faculty/school in the line above) Dr. John Wagner, Irving K. Barber School of Arts & Science, UBC Okanagan Supervisory Committee Member, Professor (please print name and faculty/school in the line above) Dr. James Rochlin, Irving K. Barber School of Arts & Science, UBC Okanagan University Examiner, Professor (please print name and faculty/school in the line above) Dr. Peter Urmetzer, Irving K. Barber School of Arts & Science, UBC Okanagan External Examiner, Professor (please print name and university in the line above) March 21st 2017 (Date submitted to Grad Studies) Additional Committee Members include: Please print name and faculty/school in the line above Please print name and faculty/school in the line above iii Abstract Are changes to labour law legislation still relevant today when neoliberalism is curtailing industrial citizenship? And, where progressive changes are introduced, what evidence exists, if any, of changing relations between m…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2017-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0343416
language: eng
degree discipline: Interdisciplinary Studies
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/61063