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The New Maids: Transnational Women and the Care Economy

By Helma Lutz

Book information

Publisher
Zed books
Year
2011
ISBN
1848132875, 9781848132870
LCC
HD6072 .L8813 2011
Google Books ID
8BtyPgAACAAJ
Open Library ID
OL25244718M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1193076 bytes)
Pages
252\252
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

The New Maids is a pioneering book, grounded on rich, empirical evidence, which examines the relationship between globalization, transnationalism, gender and the care economy. Expertly addressing the thorny questions that surround the increasing number of migrant domestic workers and cleaners, child-carers and caregivers who maintain modern Western households, the author argues that domestic work plays the defining role in global ethnic and gender hierarchies. Using a central ethnographic study of immigrant domestic workers and their German employees as its starting point, The New Maids uses the voices of such women themselves to provide unique conceptual and evidential support for this vital new approach argument. This exciting book will not only enhance the readers understanding of the new care-economy; it is also sets standards for feminist global methodology.

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