Download or read book Domestic Servants in Literature and Testimony in Brazil, 1889-1999 written by S. Roncador and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-02-05 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing from a variety of historical sources, theory, and fictional and non-fictional production, this book addresses the cultural imaginary of domestic servants in modern Brazil and demonstrates maids' symbolic centrality to shifting notions of servitude, subordination, femininity, and domesticity.