This article analyzes the characteristics of domestic service in the city of Buenos Aires at the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, showing the importance it had in a porteño society undergoing profound societal transformation. It reconstructs the changes in the sociodemographic profile of the sector and investigates the living and working conditions therein. It describes how that particular labor market was structured. It shows that the complexity of the sector was not only due to the existence of different occupational categories, functions, and hiring conditions, but also to the coexistence of various remuneration concepts, “arrangements” in which work and family life were interwoven in a particular way. It explores domestic service in the light of phenomena such as immigration, urbanization, family dynamics and child-rearing practices, state assistance policies, and the social reproduction processes of the working classes.

本文分析了 19 世纪末和 20 世纪初布宜诺斯艾利斯市的家政服务特点，表明它在经历深刻社会变革的波特尼奥社会中的重要性。它重建了该部门社会人口概况的变化，并调查了其中的生活和工作条件。它描述了该特定劳动力市场的结构。它表明，行业的复杂性不仅是由于不同的职业类别、职能和聘用条件的存在，而且还因为各种薪酬概念并存，工作和家庭生活交织在一个特定的领域。方法。它根据移民、城市化、