“A vida é um jogo para quem tem ancas”: uma arqueologia documental sobre mulheres escravas domésticas em Pelotas/RS no século XIX

Abstract

This dissertation is the result of an archaeological research about domestic women slaves in Pelotas/RS at the XIX century form the description of these women at the newspaper’s advertisement. The research aimed to analyze the advertisements of purchase, sale, rent, offer and search of women domestic slaves and the cross-checking with the free or liberate women and the men slaves that maintained the same work. Therefore the dissertation intent to understand the relationship of class, gender and “colour” that permeated the daily life of these female slaves, with special attention to the in-house maids that were occupied with the children care. Beginning with the description of body type, moral and of the domestic labor specialization of the women slaves, we look to understand beyond the work relationship, identifying possible affection relationship. For this were used concepts of Documentary Archaeology or Historical Ethnography.