LEISURE TIMES AND CREATIVE WORK. WOMEN AND GENDER INEQUALITY IN THE ARTISTIC FIELD

• Main Authors: Cobos, C.P (Author), Muñoz-Retamal, J. (Author)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona 2022
• Subjects: Creatividad; Creativity; Domestic work; Estudios de género; Gender studies; Leisure; Ocio; Trabajo; Trabajo doméstico; Work
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 In this article, we analyze the results of a qualitative study that documents the subjective effects of the indistinction between work and leisure times in the creative sector, focusing on the experiences of women working in the field of visual arts in Santiago, Chile. We will discuss, in the light of empirical data, the conceptual and practical obstacles to imagine a proper leisure time for women. Within this framework, and taking up the concept of "boundary work" developed by Christena Nippert-Eng (1996), we will try to make visible how these permanent managements impact in specific ways on their professional work and their artistic subjectivity. We will reflect here on how this “boundary work” leads them to face an obvious overload that is exacerbated by motherhood, and pushes them to develop various strategies to inhabit these interstitial temporalities. © 2022. All Rights Reserved.