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

Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo

University of California Press, c2007

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Doméstica : immigrant workers cleaning & caring in the shadows of affluence

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Originally published in 2001

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-278) and index

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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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