O papel do afeto na invisibilidade do trabalho doméstico em condições análogas à escravidão

Abstract

This monograph has the general objective of analyzing the role of affection in the invisibility of domestic work analogous to slavery. It is based on the hypotheses that the discourse that domestic workers are “as if they were part of the family” contributes to the naturalization and concealment of conditions analogous to slavery in which many of these workers find themselves. To this end, we seek to investigate the socioeconomic context of domestic work in Brazil after the formal abolition of slavery in 1888, as well as analyze data on the profile of Brazilian domestic workers and on work analogous to slavery in Brazil. Next, we analyze how affection contributes to the invisibility of precarious domestic work based on a literature review, as well as an analysis of cases of workers rescued from situations similar to slavery reported by the media. Finally, we intend to investigate the role of affect in the evolution of the legal regulation of domestic work in Brazil, as well as address the influence of affect on Labor Court decisions.