Doméstica: immigrant workers cleaning and caring in the shadows of affluence
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1. Verfasser: Hondagneu-Sotelo, Pierrette (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley University of California Press 2007
Ausgabe:2nd ed
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Preface to the 2007 Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Acknowledgments; Part One: The Job Today; 1. New World Domestic Order; 2. Maid in L.A.; Part Two: Finding Hard Work isn't Easy; 3. It's not what you Know ... ; 4. Formalizing the Informal: Domestic Employment Agencies; 5. Blowups and Other Unhappy Endings; Part Three: Inside the Job; 6. Tell Me what to do, but don't Tell Me How; 7. Go away ... but Stay Close Enough; 8. Cleaning up a Dirty Business; Notes; References; Index
In this enlightening and timely work, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo highlights the voices, experiences, and views of Mexican and Central American women who care for other people's children and homes, as well as the outlooks of the women who employ them in Los Angeles. The new preface looks at the current issues facing immigrant domestic workers in a global context
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (508 pages)
ISBN:9780520933866
0520933869

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