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Cleaning Houses to Make Homes.

Figueirodo, Ana Paula.

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Cleaning Houses to Make Homes.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Cleaning Houses to Make Homes./
Author:	Figueirodo, Ana Paula.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2020,
Description:	224 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-11, Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International81-11A.
Subject:	European studies. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=27941573
ISBN:	9781658493635

Cleaning Houses to Make Homes.
Figueirodo, Ana Paula.

Cleaning Houses to Make Homes. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2020 - 224 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-11, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Manchester (United Kingdom), 2020.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

This thesis sheds light on what it is like to be a female Brazilian migrant domestic worker in London. I argue that for Brazilian women from a poorer background the reason for migration, while it is ostensibly to make money, is fundamentally to achieve personal and familial stability, the chance of a better life and, therefore, transformation. Based mainly on participant observation, life history and documentary film-making, this ethnography tells the story of a group of Brazilian women who were determined to make a living, or stabilise their lives, in a new place. They were pursuing moral and material projects against the odds, as part of their life as women who moved from different and sometimes remote corners of Brazil to clean and care for families that are not their own, in north London. However, these intentions were often complicated by the initial difficulties of the process of moving to greater stability, both practical and emotional. Crucial to this process is the impact of the recent political history of Brazil and the long history of the racialised Brazilian class system, in terms of both ideology and practice, on the womena€™s subjectivity, even in London. By drawing on the experiences of Brazilian migrant women, this thesis contributes to studies on class in Brazil and domestic work more generally. More specifically, I ask how Brazilian people from different class backgrounds perceive their lives in London, and how their class background influences their experiences and opportunities in London.

ISBN: 9781658493635Subjects--Topical Terms:

3168420
European studies.
Subjects--Index Terms:

Brazilian migrant domestic worker

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