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Author:   Elizabeth Osborne ,  Sofía Ruiz-Alfaro
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2020
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783030332983

ISBN 10:   3030332985
Pages:   242
Publication Date:   03 January 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction: A Brief History of Female Domestic Labor in Latin American Film; Elizabeth Osborne and Sofía Ruiz-AlfaroSection I: Affect and Affection1. Indigestive Intakes: Affection, Food, and Power in Recent Latin American Films on Domestic Work; Karina Elizabeth Vázquez2. De-familiarizing the Maid: Alicia Scherson’s Play (2005); Susana Domingo Amestoy3. Partial Affection: The Place(s) of Female Domestic Workers in Recent Brazilian Cinema; Carlos Cortez Minchillo Section II: Spatial Divisions and Borders4. Dangerous Backyards: Domestic Labor and the Erosion of Gender Hierarchies in La Sirga and La tierra y la sombra; Marcelo Carosi5. ¡Écheme y arreglamos! Domestic Work, Private Life and Public Space in Argentine Cinema; Natalia Polito6. Neplantleras de la frontera: Cinematic Representations of la doméstica in the US-Mexico Border; Sofía Ruiz-Alfaro7. “Yo no nací para amar”: Rendering Visible Affective Labor, Biocontrol, and the Mexican Female Domestic Employee in ¿Qué le dijiste a Dios?; Olivia CosentinoSection III. Empathy and Agency8. Domestic Workers and the Axes of Affect: New Home Layouts in Recent Latin American Films; Milton Fernando Gonzalez-Rodriguez9. Moving Beyond Maternalism and Mimicry? Domestic Service in Cama adentro, La nana, and Hilda; Elizabeth Osborne10. Tales of the Second Side: Otherness and the Identities of the Brazilian Maid in Domésticas-O Filme and Doméstica; Mauricio Sellmann Oliveira11. From Alterity to Self: A New Poetics of Domestic Service in Recent Argentine Films; María Julia Rossi

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Elizabeth Osborne, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Department of World Languages, Worcester State University, USA. Sofía Ruiz-Alfaro, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish and Linguistics, Franklin and Marshall College, USA.

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