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The new maids : transnational women and the care economy
- Title
- The new maids : transnational women and the care economy / Helma Lutz ; translated by Deborah Shannon.
- Author
- Lutz, Helma.
- Publication
- London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, c2011.
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Details
- Description
- viii, 241 p.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- Addresses the lifestyles of immigrant women working as domestic workers as maids in modern Western households.
- Uniform Title
- Vom Weltmarkt in den Privathaushalt. English
- Alternative Title
- Vom Weltmarkt in den Privathaushalt.
- Subjects
- Note
- Originally published in German as: Vom Weltmarkt in den Privathaushalt : die neuen Dienstmädchen im Zeitalter der Globalisierung. 2nd ed. Opladen ; Farmington Hills, Mich. : B. Budrich, 2008.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-229) and index.
- Contents
- New division of domestic labour -- Household as a global market for women's labour -- Domestic work and lifestyles : methods and first results -- Domestic work, a perfectly normal job? -- Exploitation or alliance of trust? Relationship work in the household -- Transnational motherhood -- Being illegal -- Migrant women in the globalization trap?
- Call Number
- JBD 12-288
- ISBN
- 9781848132870 (cased)
- 1848132875 (cased)
- 9781848132887 (pbk.)
- 1848132883 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2011410679
- OCLC
- 751725843
- Author
- Lutz, Helma.
- Title
- The new maids : transnational women and the care economy / Helma Lutz ; translated by Deborah Shannon.
- Imprint
- London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, c2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-229) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JBD 12-288