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.