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The new maids

transnational women and the care economy

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An edition of The new maids (2011)

The new maids

transnational women and the care economy

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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.

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Zed Books, Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
Language
English
Pages
241

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Subjects

Women household employees, Employment, Sex role and globalization, Women immigrants, Women, employment, Globalization, Women foreign workers, Gender studies: women

Places

Western countries
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Cover of: The New Maids
The New Maids
2011
Cover of: The new maids
The new maids: transnational women and the care economy
2011, Zed Books, Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
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Table of 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?

Edition Notes

Originally published in German as: Vom Weltmarkt in den Privathaushalt : die neuen Dienstmädchen im Zeitalter der Globalisierung. 2nd ed. Opladen ; Farmington Hills, Mich. : B. Budrich, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-229) and index.

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London, New York, New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
331.48164
Library of Congress
HD6072 .L8813 2011, HD6057, HD6072 .L88 2011, HD6072 .L88 2011eb

The Physical Object

Pagination
viii, 241 p. ;
Number of pages
241

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL25244718M
ISBN 10
1848132875, 1848132883
ISBN 13
9781848132870, 9781848132887
LCCN
2011410679, 2011275167
OCLC/WorldCat
751725843, 748215841
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.5040/9781350223356

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL16555735W

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