Laughter Out of Place Chapters 2 & 3
by Kelly Misner
1. Color blind sexuality
1.1. Seducing the Coroa, dark skinned females seducing rich, light skinned males.
1.1.1. Erotic Paradise
2. color terms, racial identities.
3. mesticagem, blending
4. Gloria born in a wood cabin , very poor. Her parents escaped the hardships of argicultural work, and moved to the favelas in RIo.
5. Worked from childhood, met lifelong friend Eliana when they were both child servents
5.1. "...the slaves and the princesses..", did not receive the same food as their employers.
5.1.1. Domestic work connected to ex slaves
6. Color Blind, Erotic, Democracies.
7. My Thoughts: I have to agree with Gloria, she worked very hard through the years to obtain the connections and her permenant employment. However, Soneca began helping her at a very young age. Gloria made the choice to bring children into the world, and then make them laborers, just as her parents had done.
8. Gloria was upset that Soneca was receiving the benefits of her hard work
9. Soneca and her child received some support from Gloria's employer "Dona Beth".
10. Gloria refused to care for her and her child. My thought is that she was probably more upset about the lost dreams of her daughter than the pregnancy itself.
11. Soneca then "fell in love" and became pregnant
12. The demands of caring for her family whyile her mother worked to support them gave her little time for studies so she had to discontinue going to school.
13. Gloria's daughter Soneca did not want to follow in her mothers footsteps, began going to computer school
14. Many younger women are beginning to revolt against the sector of domestic work and prefer to work in factories.
15. Gloria working for "Dona Beth" full time as a domestic worker.
15.1. Gloria was finally able to find permenant work after years of long hours, and minimal wages. Travel was difficult.
15.2. Gloria was able to build a relationship with her employer
15.2.1. The relationship is often needed by the middle/upper class employer to ensure them of their own identity. They can reference the "low other"
15.2.1.1. "When you know what everyone else is, then you are what they are not. "