Domestic Servants in Literature and Testimony in Brazil, 1889-1999

ISBN-13: 9781137353795 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 240 str.

Saonia Roncador; Sonia Roncador; Snia Roncador

Opis

This book demonstrates the symbolic centrality of servants in Brazilian intellectual discourse (fiction, memoirs, conduct literature, and journalism) over the course of one century-from the aftermath of the abolition of slavery (1888) to late twentieth-cen

Recenzje

“The new English-language edition is substantially expanded, especially in the general introduction and at the start of each chapter, to provide additional theoretical grounding and context for an international audience. … This new edition makes the work fully accessible and relevant to Latin Americanist scholars with limited knowledge of Brazil and the Portuguese language, but it will also be extremely valuable for specialists in Brazil, particularly those concerned with interracial and class relationships, labor history, and women’s writing.” (Katherine Ostrom, Letras Femeninas, Vol. 41 (1), December, 2015)

Spis treści

Introduction - The Burdened Legacy of Domestic Servitude in Brazil 1. Júlia's Maids: Servants in the Cultural Imaginary of the Tropical Belle Époque 2. 'My Ol' Black Mammy': Childhood Maids in Brazilian Modernist Memoirs 3. 'How to Treat a Maid?': Misencounters with Servants in Clarice Lispector's 4. Writers in Aprons: Brazilian Servants' Testimonios

O autorze

Sônia Roncador is Associate Professor of Brazilian Literature and Culture in Department of Spanish and Portuguese at The University of Texas at Austin, USA.