This article aims to observe race – understood as a social category – as an axes along of which domestic labor and the work of care are structured in Brazil. First, we resume the recent debate on Sexual Division of Labor, taking into account feminist and gender studies and propositions. Next, we seek to grasp the symbolic association of black women to servitude and care work in a widely accepted narrative about national identity. Following, we present data on the association of black women to domestic labor. Finally, we present some considerations, connections and possible interpretive paths.
Engel, C., & Pereira, B. C. (2015). The social organization of care and domestic work: considerations on gender and race. Revista Punto Género, (5), Pág. 4–24. https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2015.37658
