Doméstica : immigrant workers cleaning and caring in the shadows of affluence : with a new preface
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Doméstica : immigrant workers cleaning and caring in the shadows of affluence : with a new preface
University of California Press, c2007
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Doméstica : immigrant workers cleaning & caring in the shadows of affluence
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
Note
Originally published in 2001
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-278) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In this enlightening and timely work, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo highlights the voices, experiences, and views of Mexican and Central American women who care for other people's children and homes, as well as the outlooks of the women who employ them in Los Angeles. The new preface looks at the current issues facing immigrant domestic workers in a global context.
Table of Contents
Preface to the 2007 Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgments
PART ONE THE JOB TODAY
1. New World Domestic Order
2. Maid in L.A.
PART TWO FINDING HARD WORK ISN'T EASY
3* It's Not What You Know ...
4* Formalizing the Informal:
Domestic Employment Agencies
5* Blowups and Other Unhappy Endings
PART THREE INSIDE THE JOB
6. Tell Me What to Do, But Don't Tell Me How
7* Go Away ... But Stay Close Enough
8. Cleaning Up a Dirty Business
Notes
References
Index
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