Living and Working in Poverty in Latin America: Trajectories of Children, 1st Youth, and Adults María Eugenia Rausky 3030009017 9783030009007

ISBN 10: 3030009017

ISBN 13: 9783030009007

Author: Adults María Eugenia Rausky

This edited volume studies the complex interrelation of poverty, work, and different stages in the life course, and how it contributes to the permanent existence of poverty and inequality in vulnerable groups in society. Mechanisms of productions and reproduction of these relationships are identified through empirical research carried out in four Latin American countries: Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, and Cuba. This book centers on the experiences of individuals in those less favored social groups who may have suffered structural poverty for decades, or who may have been simply deprived of a basic income to cover their most essential needs.

1. Introduction

Part I. Childhood, Poverty and Child Labor

2. Resizing Children’s Work: Anthropological Notes on Mexican Girls

3. From Childhood to Adolescence: Vulnerable Life Stories and Persistent Inequalities in Argentina Since Post-Convertibility (2003)

Part II. Youth, Poverty and Labor

4. Working Lives of Youth in Poverty in Urban Argentina

5. Work and Schooling in the Life Course of Poor Young People in Rio de Janeiro

Part III. Adulthood, Poverty and Domestic Paid Work

6. “You Can’t Have It All”: Patterns of Gender and Class Segregation in Paid Domestic Work in the City of Buenos Aires

7. The Restructuring of Labor in Cuba (2008–2016) and Paid Domestic Workers: Broken or Reconstructed Labor Trajectories?

8. Conclusion: Final Reflections