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

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Ehrenreich, Barbara, Hochschild, Arlie Russell, 1940-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Metropolitan Books, 2003.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Women household employees. Women foreign workers. Women > Employment. Minority women > Employment. Women immigrants > Employment. Nannies. Prostitution.

Table of Contents:

Love and gold / Arlie Russell Hochschild
The nanny dilemma / Susan Cheever
The 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.