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Vida pária, vida-morte: invisibilidade e contrato sexual de trabalho desde “Os miseráveis”, de Victor Hugo

2020; Volume: 6; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.21119/anamps.62.449-469

2446-8088

Paulo Ricardo Opuszka, Tuany Baron de Vargas,

Psychology and Mental Health

This paper analyzes the lingering hierarchies and subordinations of gender, in the social, political, and legal spheres, especially in discourses of supposed fights for rights and freedom. To do so, the novel Les Miserables , by Victor Hugo, is a starting point. The character development of Fantine is focused here, with the Law in Literature theoretical and methodological approach. From the character in the narrative, two lines of thought are made. The first one analyzes women’s work in itself, with labor relations acknowledged socially and legally as such – at home and in factories, for instance. The second one attempts to demonstrate the marginalization of other activities not socially recognized as working areas, which are stigmatized and stigmatizing, such as prostitution. Thus, it is possible to discuss a traditional philosophical matter regarding labor and the law: the selling of one’s body.