From the ethics of care to intersectionality: paths and challenges to understanding care work

The ethics of care emerged, in the 1980s, as a feminist reference for the understanding of care in our societies. Throughout this text I analyze how the care ethics provides an inadequate theoretical framework for the analysis of care work, and I try to offer some clues for a more appropriate unders...

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Main Author: Anna Bárbara Araujo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Londrina 2018-12-01
Series:Mediações: Revista de Ciências Sociais
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Online Access:http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/article/view/34245
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spelling doaj-2a9a8c1620f04c1a9d93323ea55204112021-04-02T12:42:59ZengUniversidade Estadual de LondrinaMediações: Revista de Ciências Sociais2176-66652018-12-01233436910.5433/2176-6665.2018v23n3p4318162From the ethics of care to intersectionality: paths and challenges to understanding care workAnna Bárbara Araujo0Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroThe ethics of care emerged, in the 1980s, as a feminist reference for the understanding of care in our societies. Throughout this text I analyze how the care ethics provides an inadequate theoretical framework for the analysis of care work, and I try to offer some clues for a more appropriate understanding of the theme. To this end, I place the work of care at the center of discussions on social inequalities and power relations, and I turn to intersectional empirical research on the subject.http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/article/view/34245ética do cuidadocuidadotrabalho de cuidadojoan tronto
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joan tronto
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title From the ethics of care to intersectionality: paths and challenges to understanding care work
title_short From the ethics of care to intersectionality: paths and challenges to understanding care work
title_full From the ethics of care to intersectionality: paths and challenges to understanding care work
title_fullStr From the ethics of care to intersectionality: paths and challenges to understanding care work
title_full_unstemmed From the ethics of care to intersectionality: paths and challenges to understanding care work
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publisher Universidade Estadual de Londrina
series Mediações: Revista de Ciências Sociais
issn 2176-6665
publishDate 2018-12-01
description The ethics of care emerged, in the 1980s, as a feminist reference for the understanding of care in our societies. Throughout this text I analyze how the care ethics provides an inadequate theoretical framework for the analysis of care work, and I try to offer some clues for a more appropriate understanding of the theme. To this end, I place the work of care at the center of discussions on social inequalities and power relations, and I turn to intersectional empirical research on the subject.
topic ética do cuidado
cuidado
trabalho de cuidado
joan tronto
url http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/mediacoes/article/view/34245
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