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NO AMOTINES EL GALLINERO: DOMESTIC WORKER AGENCY AND IDENTITY IN LIMA, PERU AND THE DAILY STRUGGLE
| Title: | NO AMOTINES EL GALLINERO: DOMESTIC WORKER AGENCY AND IDENTITY IN LIMA, PERU AND THE DAILY STRUGGLE. |
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| Name(s): |
Stiglich, Janice, Author Reyes-Foster, Beatriz, Committee Chair Mishtal, Joanna, Committee Member Walker, John, Committee Member Pineda, Yovanna, Committee Member , Committee Member University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2013 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | For centuries, indigenous women have been forced to labor in slave-like conditions as domestic workers in Lima, Peru. With neoliberal practices on the rise, Peru's domestic labor informal economic sector struggles with sociopolitical representation. The downtrodden women of the household work economy exemplify the national perception of desconfianza, or distrust, as it trickles down from the wealthier individuals to those living in poverty. Although the nature of domestic work is a product of hegemonic colonial relations and, recently, violent social movements in the late 20th century, increasing attempts for government transparency and nongovernmental involvement, have created a slowly recovering broken social system. In this thesis, I ascertain that the identity of trabajadoras, or female workers, is primarily driven by their agency as they struggle to become upwardly mobile. | |
| Identifier: | CFE0004756 (IID), ucf:49763 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
2013-05-01 M.A. Sciences, Anthropology Masters This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): | desconfianza -- Peru -- domestics | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004756 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | public 2013-05-15 | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
