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Hired daughters : domestic workers among ordinary Moroccans

Title
Hired daughters : domestic workers among ordinary Moroccans / Mary Montgomery.
Author
Montgomery, Mary, 1986-
Publication
  • Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2019]
  • ©2019

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Description
xxx, 244 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
Summary
Mary Montgomery examines why Moroccans so often talk about their domestic workers as daughters, what this means for workers and employers, and how this is changing in contemporary Morocco.
Subject
  • Household employees > Morocco > Social conditions
  • Labor supply > Morocco
  • Kinship > Morocco
  • Economic history
  • Household employees > Social conditions
  • Kinship
  • Labor supply
  • Social conditions
  • Dienstbotin
  • Fremdheit
  • Ländlicher Raum
  • Morocco > Social conditions
  • Morocco > Economic conditions
  • Morocco
  • Marokko
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-236) and index.
Contents
Dramatis Personae; Preface; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration; Part I: The Social Relations of Domestic Service; 1. A City Quarter and the "Popular" Ideal; 2. Mothers and Daughters; 3. A Civilizing Mission: Charity, Reward, and Gratitude; 4. Serving Neighbors, Serving Strangers: Markets and Marketplaces; Part II: Domestic Workers in the Wider World; 5. Domestic Workers in the City; 6. Domestic Workers at Home; 7. Domestic Workers and the Law; Conclusion; References Cited; Index; About the Author
ISBN
  • 0253041015
  • 9780253041012
  • 9780253041005
  • 0253041007
LCCN
2018289943
OCLC
  • on1042892171
  • 1042892171
  • SCSB-9355199
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library