Sewing gender: labour process in the Brazilian garment industry

Authors

  • Patrícia Rocha Lemos Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)
  • Mariana Pereira de Castro Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47456/argumentum.v14i1.35149

Abstract

The global reorganization of production has significantly impacted the processes and working conditions in the garment industry, one of the most traditional and expressive sectors in the Brazilian industry. Based on extensive field of research and interviews with workers and union leaders, the article highlights the ways in which gender is mobilized in the work processes in this industry and its impacts on women workers. As a labour force composed mostly by women, the meaning of these transformations is strongly marked by the deepening of the precarious working conditions already characteristic of the sector, made possible by a set of mechanisms (old and new) of control and practices of violence based on the sexual division of labor.

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Author Biographies

Patrícia Rocha Lemos, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)

 

 

Mariana Pereira de Castro, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)

Economista. Mestre em educação pela Universidade de São Paulo. Doutoranda pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Sociais da Universidade Estadual de Campinas. (Unicamp, Campinas, Brasil).

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Published

30-04-2022

How to Cite

Lemos, P. R. ., & Castro, M. P. de . (2022). Sewing gender: labour process in the Brazilian garment industry. Argumentum, 14(1), 194–210. https://doi.org/10.47456/argumentum.v14i1.35149

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 1 (2022): Política de educação, produção de conhecimento e o futuro da ciência no Brasil

Section

Temas Livres

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