Entre la espada y la pared. Género, trabajo y consumo en la ciudad de Rosario (1920-1940)
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2020-01
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Facultad de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales
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El objetivo de este trabajo es abordar los sentidos y estereotipos construidos en torno a dos
identidades femeninas que suscitaron especial interés durante el período de entreguerras en la
ciudad de Rosario, esto es: las mujeres vistas como trabajadoras y como consumidoras. Estas
identidades se configuraron dentro de la tensión que opone las nociones de trabajo y consumo, y
que otorga (aún en la actualidad) sentidos generizados a estas prácticas. Ambas adscripciones -
aunque opuestas - se tornaron igualmente incómodas al confrontarlas con las nociones de
feminidad y de modernidad imperantes, fueron abordadas en términos de problema y suscitaron
una serie de respuestas por parte de los discursos autorizados que podían ir desde la negación o
la subvaloración hasta la reprimenda pública, pasando por un despliegue de regulaciones de
carácter pedagógico, moral o legal.
This work will deal with the meanings and stereotypes constructed around two feminine identities that sparked a particular interest during the interwar period in the city of Rosario: women perceived as workers and perceived as consumers. These identities were configured within the tension that opposes the notions of labor against consumption, and that even today still creates a gendered logic for these practices. Both attributions, even if opposed, turned equally uncomfortable when confronted with the prevailing notions of femininity and modernity. They were analyzed as a problem, and the response of the mainstream discourse ranged from denial to dismissal all the way to public chastisement, as well as a battery of pedagogical, moral and legal regulations.
This work will deal with the meanings and stereotypes constructed around two feminine identities that sparked a particular interest during the interwar period in the city of Rosario: women perceived as workers and perceived as consumers. These identities were configured within the tension that opposes the notions of labor against consumption, and that even today still creates a gendered logic for these practices. Both attributions, even if opposed, turned equally uncomfortable when confronted with the prevailing notions of femininity and modernity. They were analyzed as a problem, and the response of the mainstream discourse ranged from denial to dismissal all the way to public chastisement, as well as a battery of pedagogical, moral and legal regulations.
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Mujeres, Género, Trabajo, Consumo, Estereotipos, Rosario, Worker women