Abstract
Minchillo examines two recent Brazilian feature films-Que horas ela volta?/The Second Mother (Anna Muylaert, 2015) and Casa Grande/The Ballad of Poor Jean (Fellipe Barbosa, 2014)-to discuss the role of female domestic workers within the dynamics of power in Brazilian society. By comparing cinematic representations of empregadas domésticas, the chapter interrogates whether they can negotiate their humanity in a place-the house of their employers-where they must be serviceable and yet invisible. In his study, Minchillo analyzes how directors Anna Muylaert and Fellipe Barbosa dialogue with the Brazilian long-lasting history of social asymmetries and the more recent attempts to promote social justice and the enfranchisement of the poor.
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Minchillo, C. C. (2020). Partial affection: The place(s) of female domestic workers in recent Brazilian cinema. In Domestic Labor in Twenty-First Century Latin American Cinema (pp. 167–190). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33296-9_8
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