Gender, Class and Race Inequalities ; The Case of Chambermaids in the Hotel Industry CANCELLED

In Nancy Fraser’s bidimensionnal approach of injustice, economic and cultural  domination are closely linked and strengthen each other.  The analysis of the situation of chambermaids in the hotel industry backs up this definition of injustice. Work division erects an race and gender border that separates them from other employees of the hotel business. This segregation is associated to their social invisibilisation. For the clients, they disappear as individuals and are reduced to their function, which is a characteristic situation for minorities. Gender, race and class relations are inscribed in work organization which, in return, perpetuates them. The empirical data is grounded on a field survey and interviews in average range hotel industry in France.