Global woman : nannies, maids, and sex workers in the new economy

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Other Authors: Ehrenreich, Barbara., Hochschild, Arlie Russell, 1940-
Language:English
Edition:First Owl Books edition.
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Physical Description:vi, 328 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-324).
Published: New York : Metropolitan/Owl Books, 2004.
ISBN:0805075097 (pbk.)
Table of Contents:
  • Love and gold / Arlie Russell Hochschild
  • Nanny dilemma / Susan Cheever
  • Care crisis in the Philippines : children and transnational families in the new global economy / Rhacel Salazar Parreñas
  • Blowups and other unhappy endings / Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo
  • Invisible labors : caring for the independent person / Lynn May Rivas
  • Maid to order / Barbara Ehrenreich
  • Just another job? : the commodification of domestic labor / Bridget Anderson
  • Filipina workers in Hong Kong homes : household rules and relations / Nicole Constable
  • America's dirty work : migrant maids and modern-day slavery / Joy M. Zarembka
  • Selling sex for visas : sex tourism as a stepping-stone to international migration / Denise Brennan
  • Among women : migrant domestics and their Taiwanese employers across generations / Pei-Chia Lan
  • Breadwinner no more / Michele Gamburd
  • Because she looks like a child / Kevin Bales
  • Clashing dreams : highly educated overseas brides and low-wage U.S. husbands / Hung Cam Thai
  • Global cities and survival circuits / Saskia Sassen
  • Migration trends : maps and chart / Robert Espinoza
  • Appendix: Activist organizations.