Gender, class, and ethnicity: Perspectives of white Portuguese and black African women on labor dynamics in the cleaning sector

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Autor(a) principal: Santos, M. H.
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Romão, N., Cerqueira, C.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/28004
Resumo: This study focuses on cleaning services in Lisbon, Portugal, to understand the dynamics of operating in this feminine context, mostly employing women of African origin. From a qualitative and intersectional perspective, the study encompasses 17 semi-structured individual interviews with women working in these services, nine of African origin (Black) and eight of Portuguese origin (White) between 29 and 66 years of age. The thematic analysis returned five themes portraying the specificities associated with women carrying out their activities in a context of low social status, particularly for Black women. Although we verified some of the negative consequences associated with tokenism, the intersections of gender, class, and race/ethnicity generated dynamics that also contradict this phenomenon.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Gender, class, and ethnicity: Perspectives of white Portuguese and black African women on labor dynamics in the cleaning sector
title Gender, class, and ethnicity: Perspectives of white Portuguese and black African women on labor dynamics in the cleaning sector
spellingShingle Gender, class, and ethnicity: Perspectives of white Portuguese and black African women on labor dynamics in the cleaning sector
Santos, M. H.
Gender
Class
ethnicity
Tokenism
Intersectionality
Cleaning sector
Women
title_short Gender, class, and ethnicity: Perspectives of white Portuguese and black African women on labor dynamics in the cleaning sector
title_full Gender, class, and ethnicity: Perspectives of white Portuguese and black African women on labor dynamics in the cleaning sector
title_fullStr Gender, class, and ethnicity: Perspectives of white Portuguese and black African women on labor dynamics in the cleaning sector
title_full_unstemmed Gender, class, and ethnicity: Perspectives of white Portuguese and black African women on labor dynamics in the cleaning sector
title_sort Gender, class, and ethnicity: Perspectives of white Portuguese and black African women on labor dynamics in the cleaning sector
author Santos, M. H.
author_facet Santos, M. H.
Romão, N.
Cerqueira, C.
author_role author
author2 Romão, N.
Cerqueira, C.
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Santos, M. H.
Romão, N.
Cerqueira, C.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Gender
Class
ethnicity
Tokenism
Intersectionality
Cleaning sector
Women
topic Gender
Class
ethnicity
Tokenism
Intersectionality
Cleaning sector
Women
description This study focuses on cleaning services in Lisbon, Portugal, to understand the dynamics of operating in this feminine context, mostly employing women of African origin. From a qualitative and intersectional perspective, the study encompasses 17 semi-structured individual interviews with women working in these services, nine of African origin (Black) and eight of Portuguese origin (White) between 29 and 66 years of age. The thematic analysis returned five themes portraying the specificities associated with women carrying out their activities in a context of low social status, particularly for Black women. Although we verified some of the negative consequences associated with tokenism, the intersections of gender, class, and race/ethnicity generated dynamics that also contradict this phenomenon.
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