Elizabeth Quay Hutchison, "Workers Like All the Rest of Them: Domestic Service and the Rights of Labor in Twentieth-Century Chile" (Duke UP, 2022)
Leah Cargin (Ph.D student, University of Oklahoma) speaks with Elizabeth Quay Hutchison (Professor, University of New Mexico) about Hutchison\u2019s recent book,\xa0Workers Like All the Rest of Them: Domestic Service and the Rights of Labor in Twentieth-Century Chile\xa0(Duke University Press, 2021).\nIn this episode, Leah Cargin invites Elizabeth Hutchison to consider the long-term influences that have shaped her personal and professional interests in Latin American history and gender history, and to reflect on how these commitments led to this recent book. Hutchison introduces us to a few of the cooks, nannies, gardeners, and housekeepers who mobilized for recognition as workers in twentieth-century Chile, including Do\xf1a Elba Bravo and A\xedda Moreno Valenzuela. Rooted in oral histories with leaders and allies of the domestic service workers\u2019 movement, Hutchison analyzes how changing constructions of domestic service labor impacted women\u2019s work in this underpaid and under-regulated sector over the course of the twentieth century. The \u2018living archive\u2019 of activists\u2019 testimony, in combination with congressional and associational records, enables Hutchison to narrate large-scale social and political change in Chile, centering the perspective of women domestic workers, and showcasing the alliances they forged with leadership in the Catholic Church, left-wing political organizations, and feminist organizations. Throughout this conversation, Hutchison observes the obligations and rewards of politically- and socially-engaged scholarship.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies