Las Kellys and tourism: From the invisibility of care to political visibility

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The work done by the Kellys, or apartment waitresses/cleaners, is characterised by it lying in what could be called “care work”, despite being completely undertaken in the production field and forming a vital part of the tourism sector. Their case is a clear example of the intersection between precarious work and the invisibility of some tasks that have been historically and culturally appointed to women and condemned to social scorn. In today’s context, it is worth considering the social conditions underlying this group of workers and the implications that stem from their situation of invisibility in such a precarious sector as the tourism one in the Spanish State, and the role played by the Kellys, as an association, to claim these female workers’ employment rights. We will analyse their particular case as a clear example of the socio-political movement that struggles to make their care work visible and contributes to the repoliticisation of their work in the public domain.

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López-González, J. L., & Medina-Vicent, M. (2020). Las Kellys and tourism: From the invisibility of care to political visibility. Digithum, 2020(25), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.7238/d.v0i25.3175

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