04651nam 22012015 450 991082130850332120220422033036.01-283-27737-997866132773740-520-94781-910.1525/9780520947818(CKB)2670000000065858(EBL)631057(OCoLC)699475052(SSID)ssj0000473095(PQKBManifestationID)11310283(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000473095(PQKBWorkID)10456081(PQKB)10972232(StDuBDS)EDZ0000056098(DE-B1597)520650(OCoLC)1017997872(DE-B1597)9780520947818(MiAaPQ)EBC631057(EXLCZ)99267000000006585820200424h20112011 fg engurnna---au||utxtccrShadow Mothers Nannies, Au Pairs, and the Micropolitics of Mothering /Cameron Lynne MacdonaldBerkeley, CA :University of California Press,[2011]©20111 online resource (288 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-22232-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 --IndexShadow 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 providers- immigrant and American-born nannies as well as European au pairs-Shadow Mothers locates the roots of individual skirmishes between mothers and their childcare providers in broader cultural and social tensions. Macdonald argues that these conflicts arise from unrealistic ideals about mothering and inflexible career paths and work schedules, as well as from the devaluation of paid care work.Au pairsChild careChild care servicesChild careMotherhoodNanniesChild careAu pairsNanniesChild care servicesMotherhoodamerican nannies.attachment.au pairs.career paths.caregivers.childcare providers.childrearing.complex bonds.conflicts.contemporary motherhood.cultural perspective.cultural social.europe.gender.hired mothers.immigrant caregivers.maternity.micropolitics.modern issues.motherhood.mothering.nannies.nonfiction.paid care.paid childcare.parenthood.parenting.professional women.relationships.social tensions.western world.women in the workforce.work schedules.Au pairs.Child care.Child care services.Child care.Motherhood.Nannies.Child careAu pairsNanniesChild care servicesMotherhood306.874/3Macdonald Cameron Lynneauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1692239DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910821308503321Shadow Mothers4069171UNINA