Essays about: "domestic and care work"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 36 essays containing the words domestic and care work.

1. 1. How joyful militancy takes shape in feminist movements in Spain : A discourse analysis of Territorio Doméstico

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

   Author : Cristina Alvarez Pascual; [2023]
   Keywords : Joyful militancy; Migration; Care; Domestic work; Discourse analysis;

   Abstract : This study aims to analyse how joyful militancy, characterized by care, joy and affection in the struggle, is embedded in the discourse created by Territorio Doméstico, a feminist movement formed by domestic workers in Spain. Through discourse analysis of songs and images of Territorio Doméstico, this study shows how meanings constructed through discourses build collective identities and challenge hegemonic discourses on domestic and care work and on migrants. READ MORE

3. 2. Female paid domestic work in Lima : A contemporary case study on informality and changed forms of emploment

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska Latinamerikainstitutet

   Author : Inger Magnusson; [2023]
   Keywords : Feminized domestic work; forms of employment; informality; devaluation; female empowerment; autonomy and economic independence; feminist care economy and human capital theory;

   Abstract : The objective of this thesis on the paid feminized domestic work is to describe the two current forms of employment of the live-inside maids and the live-outside domestic workers of paid domestic work in Lima Peru. The live-inside employment, cama adentro is the traditional form of maids living inside the household, and secondly, the live-outside employment, cama afuera, describes the working woman as an independent worker who lives outside the household. READ MORE

4. 3. EXPLICIT AND IMPLICIT ATTITUDES AMONG STUDENTS TOWARDS WOMEN AND MEN IN MALE- AND FEMALE-DOMINATED FIELDS OF WORK AND STUDY

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Fay van Tussenbroek; [2023]
   Keywords : implicit attitudes; explicit attitudes; gender stereotypes; STEM; HEED;

   Abstract : Abstract Gender inequality is considered an issue in many countries and gender roles could play an important role in this. Specifically, gender stereotypes suggest that STEM (i.e., science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) is more seen as “male” and HEED (i. READ MORE

5. 4. Parental leave policy and reproductive work : A quantitative study of men’s share of housework and care work in 27 countries

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Annie Nylén; [2022]
   Keywords : Parental leave policy; Reproductive work; Care work; Housework; Unpaid work; Domestic work; Attitudes; Gender;

   Abstract : The gender division of care work and housework is a product of numerous factors, both individual and national. By using the ‘Equal Gender Division of Labour’ (EGDL) indicator developed by Dearing (2016a), this thesis assesses correlations between parental leave policy and division of reproductive labour in 27 countries. READ MORE

6. 5. What Kind of Home Makes a ‘Good Life’? A critical exploration of the Swedish kollektivhus to support a degrowth transition

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Charlotte Estey; [2021]
   Keywords : degrowth; ecological modernization; kollektivhus; co-housing; narratives; Stockholm; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Under the capitalist growth imperative, mainstream housing is connected to high social and ecological consequences. In light of the need for an alternative approach to housing, my thesis adopts a degrowth perspective to critically explore an alternative housing model: the Swedish kollektivhus (‘collective house’; co-housing). READ MORE