The new maids transnational women and the care economy / Helma Lutz ; translated by Deborah Shannon.

Author/creator Lutz, Helma
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Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,
Descriptionviii, 241 p. ; 22 cm.
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Uniform titleVom Weltmarkt in den Privathaushalt. English
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?
Abstract Addresses the lifestyles of immigrant women working as domestic workers as maids in modern Western households.
General noteOriginally 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 209-229) and index.
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LCCN 2011275167
ISBN9781848132870 (cased)
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ISBN9781848132887 (pbk.)
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