Biblioteca Digital de Vanguardia“The era of the slaves is over”: Gender and work conditions in cleaning businesses in Argentina
This research emanates from a series of questions about the characteristics of the non-domestic work of women in cleaning businesses in Cordoba, Argentina. The problem is approached from a theoretical-methodological qualitative perspective that draws from ethnographic instruments. In this way observ...
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Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador
2020
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| description | This research emanates from a series of questions about the characteristics of the non-domestic work of women in cleaning businesses in Cordoba, Argentina. The problem is approached from a theoretical-methodological qualitative perspective that draws from ethnographic instruments. In this way observations, fieldwork reports, and semi-structured interviews with flexible questionnaires allowed for the gathering of a corpus of information that was systematized in this article. Two aspects were selected: on the one hand, the universe that surrounds the conditions of workers in the sector, including contracting, salaries, the types of tasks that they perform and the high turnover in places of employment; on the other hand, the analysis of some aspects of disciplining that takes place in these spaces. The analyzed dimensions make it possible to characterize the sector as an option that is preferable to other jobs, such as remunerated domestic work, because the relationship of dependency with these businesses grants a certain formality that did not exist before in most work trajectories of the interviewed women. Their work conditions, however, are constructed on a framework of violated rights and hierarchical relationships. |
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| spelling | iconos-article-37532023-02-08T15:50:57Z “The era of the slaves is over”: Gender and work conditions in cleaning businesses in Argentina “La época de los esclavos se acabó”: género y condiciones de trabajo en las empresas de limpieza en Argentina “A época dos escravos acabou”: gênero e condições de trabalho nas empresas de limpeza na Argentina Capogrossi, Lorena work conditions disciplining gender invisibility outsourcing cleaning non-domestic work condições de trabalho disciplinamento gênero invisibilização terceirização trabalho de limpeza não doméstico Condiciones de trabajo disciplinamiento género invisibilización tercerización trabajo de limpieza no doméstico This research emanates from a series of questions about the characteristics of the non-domestic work of women in cleaning businesses in Cordoba, Argentina. The problem is approached from a theoretical-methodological qualitative perspective that draws from ethnographic instruments. In this way observations, fieldwork reports, and semi-structured interviews with flexible questionnaires allowed for the gathering of a corpus of information that was systematized in this article. Two aspects were selected: on the one hand, the universe that surrounds the conditions of workers in the sector, including contracting, salaries, the types of tasks that they perform and the high turnover in places of employment; on the other hand, the analysis of some aspects of disciplining that takes place in these spaces. The analyzed dimensions make it possible to characterize the sector as an option that is preferable to other jobs, such as remunerated domestic work, because the relationship of dependency with these businesses grants a certain formality that did not exist before in most work trajectories of the interviewed women. Their work conditions, however, are constructed on a framework of violated rights and hierarchical relationships. Esta investigación parte de una serie de interrogantes acerca de las características del trabajo de las mujeres que se desempeñan en empresas de limpieza no doméstica en Córdoba, Argentina. El abordaje del problema se realiza desde una perspectiva teórico-metodológica cualitativa que recurre a los instrumentos proporcionados por la etnografía. De este modo, tanto la observación y registros de campo, como la realización de entrevistas semiestructuradas con cuestionarios flexibles, permitieron reunir un corpus de información sistematizada en este artículo. Se seleccionaron dos aspectos: por un lado, el universo que envuelve las condiciones de trabajo de las operarias del sector, incluyendo formas de contratación, salarios, los tipos de tareas que realizan y la alta rotatividad entre lugares de trabajo; por otro lado, el análisis sobre algunos procesos de disciplinamiento que se ponen en movimiento en estos espacios. Las dimensiones analizadas posibilitan caracterizar al sector como una opción preferible a otro tipo de tareas, como por ejemplo el trabajo doméstico remunerado, porque la relación de dependencia con estas empresas otorga cierta formalidad que no existía anteriormente en las trayectorias laborales de las mujeres entrevistadas. Sin embargo, las condiciones de trabajo en las que deben desempeñarse se construyen sobre un marco de derechos vulnerados y relaciones jerárquicas. Esta pesquisa surge de uma série de perguntas sobre as características do trabalho de mulheres em empresas de limpeza não domésticas em Córdoba, Argentina. A abordagem do problema é realizada desde uma perspectiva teórico-metodológica qualitativa que recorre a instrumentos fornecidos pela etnografia. Dessa forma, tanto a observação e os registros de campo quanto a realização de entrevistas semiestruturadas com questionários flexíveis permitiram reunir um conjunto de informações sistematizadas neste artigo. Foram selecionados dois aspectos: por um lado, o universo que envolve as condições de trabalho das operárias do setor, incluindo formas de contratação, salários, tipos de tarefas que desempenham e a alta rotatividade entre os locais de trabalho; por outro lado, a análise sobre alguns processos disciplinares que são acionados nesses espaços. As dimensões analisadas possibilitam caracterizar o setor como uma opção preferível a outros tipos de tarefas, como por exemplo o trabalho doméstico remunerado, pois a relação de dependência com essas empresas confere uma certa formalidade que não existia anteriormente na carreira das mulheres entrevistadas. No entanto, as condições de trabalho nas quais elas devem se desenvolver são construídas sobre uma estrutura de direitos vulnerados e relacionamentos hierárquicos. 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Approaches from Latin America and the Caribbean; 173-190 1390-8065 1390-1249 spa https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/3753/3218 https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/3753/3240 https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/3753/3254 https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/3753/3272 Derechos de autor 2020 Lorena Capogrossi https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/deed.es_ES |
| spellingShingle | Capogrossi, Lorena “The era of the slaves is over”: Gender and work conditions in cleaning businesses in Argentina |
| title | “The era of the slaves is over”: Gender and work conditions in cleaning businesses in Argentina |
| title_full | “The era of the slaves is over”: Gender and work conditions in cleaning businesses in Argentina |
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| title_full_unstemmed | “The era of the slaves is over”: Gender and work conditions in cleaning businesses in Argentina |
| title_short | “The era of the slaves is over”: Gender and work conditions in cleaning businesses in Argentina |
| title_sort | “the era of the slaves is over”: gender and work conditions in cleaning businesses in argentina |
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