| Towards a Global History of Domestic and Caregiving Workers Contributor(s): Hoerder, Dirk, Van Nederveen Meerkerk, Elise, Neunsinger, Silke |
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ISBN: 9004293299 ISBN-13: 9789004293298 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $84.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Social History - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations |
| Dewey: 331.204 |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.96 lbs) 584 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Domestic and caregiving work has been at the core of human existence throughout history. Poorly paid or even unpaid, this work has been assigned to women in most societes and occasionally to men often as enslaved, indentures, "adopted" workers. While some use domestic service as training for their own future independent households, others are confined to it for life and try to avoid damage to their identities (Part One). Employment conditions are even worse in colonizer-colonized dichotomies, in which the subalternized have to run the households of administrators who believe they are running an empire (Part Two). Societies and states set the discriminatory rules, those employed develop strategies of resistance or self-protection (Part Three). A team of international scholars addresses these issues globally with a deep historical background. Contributors are: Ally Shireen, Eileen Boris, Dana Cooper, Jennifer Fish, David R. Goodman, Mary Gene De Guzman, Jaira Harrington, Victoria Haskins, Dirk Hoerder, Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman, Majda Hrzenjak, Elizabeth Hutchison, Dimitris Kalantzopoulos, Bela Kashyap, Marta Kindler, Anna Kordasiewicz, Ms Lokesh, Sabrina Marchetti, Robyn Pariser, Jessica Richter, Magaly Rodr guez Garc a, Raffaella Sarti, Ad la Souralov , Yukari Takai, and Andrew Urban. |