Parenting Empires and the Moral Economy of Privilege in Brazil and Puerto Rico
Abstract:, the photo of a dark-skin and uniformed babá (nanny), walking behind a white Brazilian couple while pushing twin toddlers in a stroller through Ipanema, captivated the Brazilian media. The couple, sporting the colors of the Brazilian flag, and the nanny were participating in one of the early marches protesting Partido dos Trabalhadores (pt, or Workers' Party), which a few months later would lead to the impeachment of demo cratically elected president Dilma Rousseff. The nanny in the photo was eventually ident… Show more
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