Resumo

PEREZ, Inés. Borders and family hierarchies in cases of domestic colocaciones in the city and province of Buenos Aires, 1940-1960. Secuencia [online]. 2020, n.106, e1589.  Epub 02-Mar-2020. ISSN 2395-8464.  https://doi.org/10.18234/secuencia.v0i106.1589.

This article analyses family boundaries in the light of three cases of colocaciones domésticas in the middle decades of the 20th century Argentina. Using a corpus of diverse sources, which includes interviews and children’s files opened by public institutions, it shows different forms that the relations originated in colocaciones could acquire. Specifically, it explores the place affect and emotional boundaries had in them, and the ways in which money circulated. The article aims to show the diverse relations in which domestic and care work were exchanged for money in this period, to highlight the relevance of affection in the construction of social inequalities and hierarchies.

Palavras-chave : domestic and care work; colocaciones domésticas; affection; family borders; domestic service.