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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461438203321

Autore

Lutz Helma

Titolo

The new maids : transnational women and the care economy / / Helma Lutz ; translated by Deborah Shannon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , ©2011

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-78032-237-2

1-78032-238-0

1-283-23856-X

9786613238566

1-84813-289-1

Descrizione fisica

viii, 241 p ; 22 cm

Disciplina

331.48164

Soggetti

Women immigrants - Employment - Western countries

Women household employees - Western countries

Sex role and globalization

Gender studies: women

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translated from the German.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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?

Sommario/riassunto

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.