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Weaving everyday life: the experiences of young and female workers in the textile industry of Blumenau (1958-1968)

ABSTRACT

The article intends to discuss the relations between codes and practices of young and female workers in the textile industry of Blumenau, with emphasis on the dimension of everyday life, full of creative strategies in the workplace. In a world of constant exchanges of experience, the emphasis fell on the daily work and the development of solidarity codes, with subtle attitudes inverting the disciplinary order: eating cakes in the production sector, using boxes and other equipment to build an area of conversation and play during the working hours, and stipulating gestures and signs that indicated the presence of headmen.

Keywords:
young; women; workers; textile industry; everyday life; Blumenau

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