New maids :

Lutz, Helma.,

New maids : transnational women and the care economy / by Helma Lutz ; translated by Deborah Shannon. - 1st ed. - London ; New York : New York : Zed Books ; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, c2011. - viii, 241 p. ; 23 cm.

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.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-229) and index.

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?

9781848132870 (cased)


Women household employees--Western countries.
Women immigrants--Employment--Western countries.
Sex role and globalization.

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