Abstract:
A mulher na sociedade de classes: mito e realidade is a founding book in Brazilian sociology on gender and work. Several authors have already reflected on the construction of its argument, either exploring the links between ideas and biography, or arguing about its intellectual vigor and relevance for the current debate. In this article, we will adopt another point of view: exploring the dialogues brought about by this fifty-year-old text, which bridged intellectual worlds. On the one hand, we will highlight how Heleieth Saffioti’s argument incorporated new ideas in vogue in the sociology of work and gender shaped outside Brazil, mainly in France. On the other hand, we will map how it echoed in the foreign academy, both at the time of its English edition and more recently.
Keywords:
Gender; Work; Heleieth Saffioti; Brazil; Women