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The new maids : transnational women and the care economy / Helma Lutz ; translated by Deborah Shannon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lutz, Helma, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women immigrants--Employment--Western countries.
- Women immigrants.
- Women household employees--Western countries.
- Women household employees.
- Sex role and globalization.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 241 p. 22 cm
- Distribution:
- [London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Zed Books, ©2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The New Maids is a pioneering study, grounded in rich empirical evidence, which expertly addresses the thorny questions surrounding the growing number of migrant cleaners and caregivers who maintain modern Western households.
- Contents:
- New division of domestic labour
- Household as a global market for women's labour
- Domestic work and lifestyles : methods and first results
- Domestic work, a perfectly normal job?
- Exploitation or alliance of trust? Relationship work in the household
- Transnational motherhood
- Being illegal
- Migrant women in the globalization trap?
- Notes:
- Translated from the German.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786613238566
- 9781350223356
- 1350223352
- 9781780322377
- 1780322372
- 9781780322384
- 1780322380
- 9781283238564
- 128323856X
- 9781848132894
- 1848132891
- OCLC:
- 756838726
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