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 Content
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
About the author
Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo is Professor of Sociology at the University of Southern California.
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