Breaking the cycle of women's paid domestic work in Brazil : a study of mothers and daughters / Anna Maria Del Fiorentino.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Del Fiorentino, Anna Maria, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mothers and daughters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (113 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2023]

Summary:

Widening access to higher education has been a political issue in Brazil for a long time, but only in the early 2000s was the education system changed radically. Affirmative action policies were combined with the expansion of the network of federal universities and new funding programmes for higher education. This created a generation of people who are the first within their families to go to university.This book portrays the life stories of mothers who are paid domestic workers in Brazil, and their daughters who belong to the first generation to obtain a higher education degree. The author investigates experiences of social mobility of the first-generation university entrants in contemporary Brazil from a novel perspective - the family dynamics between mothers and daughters. The book introduces the concept of intertwined memories to show how the mechanism of transmission of memories between mothers and daughters drove these women to a relationship of mutual support. This transformed trauma into empowerment, breaking vicious cycles of inequalities and poor mental health among these women.

Contents:

Intro

Dedication

Epigraph

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface from the Brazilian Edition

Preface to the English Edition

Introduction

Literature Review and Methods

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Del Fiorentino, Anna Maria Breaking the Cycle of Women's Paid Domestic Work in Brazil

ISBN:

9781527502017

OCLC:

1376933786