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UNINA9910821308503321 |
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Autore |
Macdonald Cameron Lynne |
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Titolo |
Shadow Mothers : Nannies, Au Pairs, and the Micropolitics of Mothering / / Cameron Lynne Macdonald |
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Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2011] |
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©2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-27737-9 |
9786613277374 |
0-520-94781-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Au pairs |
Child care |
Child care services |
Motherhood |
Nannies |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Introduction: Childcare on Trial -- 2. Mother-Employers: Blanket Accountability at Home and at Work -- 3. Nannies on the Market -- 4. "They're Too Poor and They All Smoke": Ethnic Logics and Childcare Hiring Decisions -- 5. Managing a Home-Centered Childhood: Intensive Mothering by Proxy -- 6. Creating Shadow Mothers -- 7. The "Third-Parent" Ideal -- 8. Nanny Resistance Strategies -- 9. Partnerships: Seeking a New Model -- 10. Untangling the Mother-Nanny Knot -- Appendix: Research Methods -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Shadow Mothers shines new light on an aspect of contemporary motherhood often hidden from view: the need for paid childcare by women returning to the workforce, and the complex bonds mothers forge with the "shadow mothers" they hire. Cameron Lynne Macdonald illuminates both sides of an unequal and complicated relationship. Based on in-depth interviews with professional women and childcare |
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