04809nam 22008295 450 991078721670332120200919060304.01-349-47796-61-137-37748-810.1057/9781137377487(CKB)3710000000330187(EBL)1913595(SSID)ssj0001404956(PQKBManifestationID)11787091(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001404956(PQKBWorkID)11386626(PQKB)10013711(DE-He213)978-1-137-37748-7(MiAaPQ)EBC1913595(PPN)223869066(EXLCZ)99371000000033018720151230d2015 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAu Pairs' Lives in Global Context[electronic resource] Sisters or Servants? /edited by R. Cox1st ed. 2015.London :Palgrave Macmillan UK :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2015.1 online resource (275 p.)Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship,2662-2602Description based upon print version of record.1-322-57711-0 1-137-37747-X Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction; Part I: Au Pairs in the UK; 2 'Pink Slave' or the 'Modern Young Woman'? A History of the Au Pair in Britain; 3 'Good Families' and the Shadows of Servitude: Au Pair Gossip and Norms of Au Pair Employment; 4 When Work Doesn't Pay: Outcomes of a Deregulated Childcare Market and Au Pair Policy Vacuum in the UK; 5 Migrant Domestic Workers, the National Minimum Wage and the 'Family Worker' Concept; Part II: Au Pairs in the Nordic Countries6 In a Minefield of Transnational Social Relations: Filipino Au Pairs between Moral Obligations and Personal Ambitions7 Bane and Boon; Gains and Pains; Dos and Don'ts ... Moral Economy and Female Bodies in Au Pair Migration; 8 'It's Not Much': Affective (Boundary) Work in the Au Pair Scheme; 9 Au Pairs in Norway: Experiences from an Outreach Project; Part III: The Au Pair Experience in the Rest of Europe; 10 Ethnicity and the Au Pair Experience: Latin American Au Pairs in Marseille, France; 11 Part of the Family? Experiences of Au Pairs in Ireland; Part IV: Au Pairs in the New World12 Hiding in Plain Sight - Au Pairs in Australia13 The Cosmopolitan Dilemma: Fantasy, Work and the Experiences of Mexican Au Pairs in the USA; 14 'She Doesn't Think It Will Work Out': Why Au Pairs in the USA Leave Their Host Family Early; 15 Conclusion: When is a Worker Not a Worker? Tackling the Contradictions of Au Pairing; IndexFar from being the preserve of middle-class women from Northern Europe, au pairing is now booming worldwide. This collection, the first dedicated entirely to examining the lives of au pairs, traces their experiences across five continents showing how this form of domestic labour and childcare is thriving in the twenty-first century.Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship,2662-2602Industrial sociologyEmigration and immigrationFamiliesFamilies—Social aspectsSocial policySociologySociology of Workhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22240Migrationhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X24000Familyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X27000Social Policyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X33000Children, Youth and Family Policyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X33010Sociology, generalhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22000Industrial sociology.Emigration and immigration.Families.Families—Social aspects.Social policy.Sociology.Sociology of Work.Migration.Family.Social Policy.Children, Youth and Family Policy.Sociology, general.362.7FAM034000POL033000SOC007000SOC026010SOC047000bisacshCox Redthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtBOOK9910787216703321Au Pairs' Lives in Global Context3766348UNINA