The sacrificed lives of the caring class: crises of social reproduction, unequal Europe, and modern forms of slavery

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• dc.contributor.author Kussy, Angelina
• dc.contributor.author Comas-d'Argemir, Dolors
• dc.date.accessioned 2024-10-09T07:08:56Z
• dc.date.available 2024-10-09T07:08:56Z
• dc.date.issued 2024
• dc.description Data de publicació electrònica: 25-09-2024
• dc.description.abstract There have been plenty of interpretations regarding the meaning and function of sacrifice within the discipline of anthropology. Going beyond sacrifice as a ritual and exploring a wide range of its manifestations and functions as contemporary cultural practices, discourses, and underlying logics, we reveal its role in the social organization of social care provision within the framework of neoliberal capitalism. Our analysis supports the theory that sacrifice can have the function of social control, and of preserving hierarchies. The forgoing of a minority of migrant domestic workers to provide intensive social care becomes the (no) solution to the ongoing care crisis. It thus becomes the way to hide structural violence and dilute responsibilities for society, which benefits from the servile conditions under which the labour is performed. The ethnographic material (observations, informal conversations, and interviews) that is part of our analysis originated from fieldwork in Castellón de la Plana, Spain (2018/19). This analysis, however, goes beyond that case, being valid for reflecting on the position of care for elderly and dependent people in our societies, care in general, the current global trend in social care provision, and the new social reproduction regime in which sacrificial logics play an increasing role.
• dc.description.sponsorship This publication received support from the Secretariat for Universities and Research of the Ministry of Business and Knowledge of the Government of Catalonia and the European Social Fund (individual grant number: 2020 FI-B2 00033). It was also developed as part of the following research projects: (a) CAREMODEL, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (PID2020-114887RB-C31) (Principal Investigators: Montserrat Soronellas and Yolanda Bodoque); (b) CUMADE, funded by the Fondo Supera COVID-19, Santander Universidades-Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)-Crue Universidades Españolas (Principal Investigator: Dolors Comas-d'Argemir); and (c) GRES, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033) and the European Union Next Generation/PRTR programme (CNS2022-136115) (Principal Investigator: Christos Zografos).
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• dc.identifier.citation Kussy A, Comas-d'Argemir D. The sacrificed lives of the caring class: crises of social reproduction, unequal Europe, and modern forms of slavery. J R Anthropol Inst. 2024 Sep 25. DOI: 10.1111/1467-9655.14208
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.14208
• dc.identifier.issn 1359-0987
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/61361
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Wiley
• dc.relation.ispartof The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 2024 Sep 25
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PID2020-114887RB-C31
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PE/CNS2022-136115
• dc.rights © 2024 The Author(s). Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Royal Anthropological Institute. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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• dc.subject.other Desigualtat social
• dc.subject.other Cuidadors
• dc.subject.other Cuidadors -- Condicions socials
• dc.title The sacrificed lives of the caring class: crises of social reproduction, unequal Europe, and modern forms of slavery
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