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0187/2021 - Spatial distance, social distance: relations between different social categories in Brazilian society in Covid-19 times
Distância espacial, distância social: relações entre distintas categorias sociais na sociedade brasileira em tempos de Covid-19

Author:

• Liane Maria Braga da Silveira - da Silveira, L.M.B. - <liane@ensp.fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7402-7343

Co-author(s):

• Alberto Lopes Najar - Najar, A. L. - <najar@ensp.fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9529-4034


Abstract:

Considered as one of the current forms of servitude, domestic work is highlighted by the great demand for care for children and the elderly, recognized as an essential service during the Covid-19 pandemic. Few categories have been so affected by the health and social crisis associated with Covid-19, due to its precarious situation - labor, wages, exposure and vulnerability - in the face of the pandemic. Based on ethnographic dataa doctoral research carried out in 2011 by a network of nannies, who sometimes acted as domestic workers and in dialogue with the care theory literature, it is discussed how the experiences of social distance were amplified by the Covid pandemic. -19 and update the dynamics that operate in the relationships between different social categories in Brazilian society, foreseeing what may be a new element in the existing sociability. As a conclusion, we discuss the so-called cultures of servitude, highlighting that, in these cases, servitude does not imply rigidity, but plasticity. What makes affection become a commodity that values domestic workersLatin America, differently in the labor market, this characteristic is a comparative advantage that dynamizes the affection market.

Keywords:

Social inequalities; Female work; Social distance; Covid-19; Servitude.

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da Silveira, L.M.B., Najar, A. L.. Spatial distance, social distance: relations between different social categories in Brazilian society in Covid-19 times. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2021/May). [Citado em 22/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/spatial-distance-social-distance-relations-between-different-social-categories-in-brazilian-society-in-covid19-times/18086?id=18086&id=18086



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