Disposable domestics : immigrant women workers in the global economy / / Grace Chang ; foreword by Ai-Jen Poo and Mimi Abramovitz ; afterword by Alicia Garza ; cover art by Favianna Rodriguez
| Disposable domestics : immigrant women workers in the global economy / / Grace Chang ; foreword by Ai-Jen Poo and Mimi Abramovitz ; afterword by Alicia Garza ; cover art by Favianna Rodriguez |
| Autore | Chang Grace |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, Illinois : , : Haymarket Books, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
| Disciplina | 331.4/8164046 |
| Soggetto topico |
Women foreign workers - United States
Women household employees - United States Foreign workers, Asian - United States Foreign workers, Latin American - United States |
| ISBN | 1-60846-529-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foreword to the 2016 Edition; Foreword to the 2000 Edition; Preface to the 2016 Edition; Introduction; Breeding Ignorance, Breeding Hatred; Undocumented Latinas; The Nanny Visa; Global Exchange; Immigrants and Workfare Workers; Gatekeeping and Housekeeping; Afterword to the 2016 Edition; Acknowledgments; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136995103321 |
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| Chicago, Illinois : , : Haymarket Books, , 2016 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gender, migration, and domestic service [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Janet Henshall Momsen
| Gender, migration, and domestic service [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Janet Henshall Momsen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
| Disciplina | 331.4/8164046 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MomsenJanet Henshall |
| Collana | Routledge international studies of women and place |
| Soggetto topico |
Women household employees
Women foreign workers Women immigrants Emigration and immigration law |
| ISBN |
1-134-65565-7
0-203-26344-8 1-280-05660-6 0-203-45250-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; GENDER, MIGRATION AND DOMESTIC SERVICE; Copyright; CONTENTS; TABLES; FIGURES; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; 1 MAIDS ON THE MOVE; Part I NORTH AMERICA; 2 IS THIS CANADA?: Domestic workers' experiences in Vancouver, BC; 3 JAMAICAN DOMESTICS, FILIPINA HOUSEKEEPERS AND ENGLISH NANNIES: Representations of Toronto's foreign domestic workers; 4 MAKING MAIDS: United States immigration policy and immigrant domestic workers; Part II SOUTH AMERICA; 5 RACE AND DOMESTIC SERVICE: Migration and identity in Ecuador; 6 TRANSCENDING GENDERED BOUNDARIES: Migration for domestic labour in Chile; Part III EUROPE
7 OVERSEAS DOMESTIC WORKERS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: Invisible women8 THE ROLE OF ETHNICITY IN SHAPING THE DOMESTIC EMPLOYMENT SECTOR IN BRITAIN; 9 CINDERELLA NEED NOT APPLY: A study of paid domestic work in Paris; 10 DOMESTIC WORK ABROAD: A necessity and an opportunity for rural women from the Goriška borderland region of Slovenia; Part IV AFRICA; 11 'HOME IS WHERE THE CHILDREN ARE': A qualitative study of migratory domestic workers in Mmotla village, South Africa; 12 WORKING IN THE CITY: The case of migrant women in Swaziland's domestic service sector; Part V ASIA 13 INTERLINKING TRAJECTORIES: Migration and domestic work in India14 MAIDS IN SPACE: Gendered domestic labour from Sri Lanka to the Middle East; 15 'LEARNING THE WAYS OF THE PRIYAYI': Domestic servants and the mediation of modernity in Jakarta, Indonesia; 16 FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPERS IN HONG KONG AND THEIR ROLE IN CHILDCARE PROVISION; 17 SINGAPORE WOMEN AND FOREIGN DOMESTIC WORKERS: Negotiating domestic work and motherhood; CONCLUSION: Future trends and trajectories; INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996199873303316 |
| London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Gender, migration, and domestic service / / edited by Janet Henshall Momsen
| Gender, migration, and domestic service / / edited by Janet Henshall Momsen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
| Disciplina | 331.4/8164046 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | MomsenJanet Henshall |
| Collana | Routledge international studies of women and place |
| Soggetto topico |
Women household employees
Women foreign workers Women immigrants Emigration and immigration law |
| ISBN |
1-134-65565-7
0-203-26344-8 1-280-05660-6 0-203-45250-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; GENDER, MIGRATION AND DOMESTIC SERVICE; Copyright; CONTENTS; TABLES; FIGURES; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; 1 MAIDS ON THE MOVE; Part I NORTH AMERICA; 2 IS THIS CANADA?: Domestic workers' experiences in Vancouver, BC; 3 JAMAICAN DOMESTICS, FILIPINA HOUSEKEEPERS AND ENGLISH NANNIES: Representations of Toronto's foreign domestic workers; 4 MAKING MAIDS: United States immigration policy and immigrant domestic workers; Part II SOUTH AMERICA; 5 RACE AND DOMESTIC SERVICE: Migration and identity in Ecuador; 6 TRANSCENDING GENDERED BOUNDARIES: Migration for domestic labour in Chile; Part III EUROPE
7 OVERSEAS DOMESTIC WORKERS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: Invisible women8 THE ROLE OF ETHNICITY IN SHAPING THE DOMESTIC EMPLOYMENT SECTOR IN BRITAIN; 9 CINDERELLA NEED NOT APPLY: A study of paid domestic work in Paris; 10 DOMESTIC WORK ABROAD: A necessity and an opportunity for rural women from the Goriška borderland region of Slovenia; Part IV AFRICA; 11 'HOME IS WHERE THE CHILDREN ARE': A qualitative study of migratory domestic workers in Mmotla village, South Africa; 12 WORKING IN THE CITY: The case of migrant women in Swaziland's domestic service sector; Part V ASIA 13 INTERLINKING TRAJECTORIES: Migration and domestic work in India14 MAIDS IN SPACE: Gendered domestic labour from Sri Lanka to the Middle East; 15 'LEARNING THE WAYS OF THE PRIYAYI': Domestic servants and the mediation of modernity in Jakarta, Indonesia; 16 FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPERS IN HONG KONG AND THEIR ROLE IN CHILDCARE PROVISION; 17 SINGAPORE WOMEN AND FOREIGN DOMESTIC WORKERS: Negotiating domestic work and motherhood; CONCLUSION: Future trends and trajectories; INDEX |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910172255003321 |
| London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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