Reproducció social de les treballadores sanitàries en Mumbai

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Apurva Olwe

Aquest article analitza la vida de les treballadores sanitàries emprades per la Corporació Municipal de Brihanmumbai (BMC) en el barri central de Bombai. A través d'un estudi etnogràfic, examino les seves experiències tant en l'àmbit laboral com en el domèstic, centrant-me en dues dimensions de les seves vides: i) el treball determinat per la casta i el seu funcionament quotidià, que implica les negociacions que enfronten les dones treballadores i les estratègies que desenvolupen per a sobreviure; i ii) la vida en el barri i en la família, explorant els sistemes de parentiu més enllà de les tasques domèstiques assignades.L'article aborda el treball productiu que aquestes dones realitzen dins de l'economia salarial, així com el treball reproductiu que duen a terme en l'esfera domèstica, tots dos profundament infravalorats i invisibilitzats. Em recolzo en la Teoria de la Reproducció Social per a analitzar la triple opressió que enfronten per raó de casta, classe i gènere. Així mateix, s'examinen les pràctiques matrimonials endogàmiques i les xarxes socials entre les famílies de treballadores del sector de sanejament, les quals solen estar vinculades a la transmissió intergeneracional del treball i a la tinença de l'habitatge. L'estudi també explora les complexitats de les relacions de poder intrafamiliars i els vincles entre les treballadores i els sistemes de parentiu. Aquest treball posa en relleu les interconnexions entre la llar i el lloc de treball, així com els processos socials que configuren les visions del món de les treballadores en l'oest de l'Índia.

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casta, treballadores, govern municipal, Dalit, treballadores sanitàries

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Olwe, Apurva. «Reproducció social de les treballadores sanitàries en Mumbai». Clivatge. Revista d’estudis i testimonis sobre els conflictes i els canvis socials, 2025, núm. 13, p. e-49279, doi:10.1344/CLIVATGE2025.13.3.
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