Abstract

CONTRERAS, Areli VELOZ. The social valueofwork in a borderzone: the case ofwomenbagayeras in Tartagal, Argentina. Trab. soc. [online]. 2019, n.33, pp.191-200. ISSN 1514-6871.

This article focuses on the social value that is given to the work done by women "bagayeras" in a border zone, that of Tartagal (Argentina) - Yacuiba (Bolivia). Through qualitative methodology, based on the observation and interviews techniques, we discuss what categories, such as gender,

race, class and nationality, intersect in the work activity, which has been redefined by political and economic changes in the last years. This study intends to give an account of the cultural and social valuation of the work that is embody, through the intersection of categories, in specific bodies and where the border zones destabilize and reinforce them. The argumentation arises through the conceptual discussion about the border and the value of the work; later Tartagal is described as a border zone. Subsequently, reference is made to the control of the cruise of goods and the forms of work of women in the border zone. It is concluded that the moral configuration that produces a border zone legitimizes the value of unequal work expressed in concrete bodies and activities.

Keywords : social value; work; bagayeras; border zone; Tartagal..

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