Entre modistas de París y costureras del país. Espacios de labor, consumo y vida cotidiana de trabajadoras de la aguja, Buenos Aires, 1852-1862

Abstract

This article focuses on the characteristics of female needleworkers’ labor circuit in the city of Buenos Aires in the mid-19th century. I propose to explore the production and consumption of clothing, mediated by relations of class, gender, and ethnic origin. I study the different work spaces that were involved, from the craft workshop to the dwelling places where seamstresses sew. The essay reconstructs the generally unexplored world of feminine labor to connect it with the changes that took place in Buenos Aires, in the context of acerbic disputes over a new project of country.