Maid in the U.S.A.
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Book Overview
Studies of household labor have largely neglected the employment of domestic workers nor have they sufficiently addressed the issue of unpaid housework. Focusing on both paid and unpaid domestic work, Maid in the USA expands the theoretical understanding of reproductive labor to explain the dynamics of race, class and gender in housework. Through interviews with 25 Chicana private household workers, Mary Romero provides a unique exploration of their working conditions, and the social constraints which shape their personal lives.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0415906121
ISBN13:9780415906128
Release Date:August 1992
Publisher:Routledge
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.66 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary
Customer Reviews
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A Classic!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
This book is the classic study of the exploitation of domestic service workers in the United States. Kudos to the publisher for providing this 10th anniversary commemorative edition! In this book, which has aged extraordinarily well, Professor Romero studies the lives of those invisible people -- often immigrants and people of color -- who clean the homes of the middle and upper classes. What you learn is troubling and should make EVERYONE who employs domestic service workers think about their treatment. Thanks to Professor Romero for holding up the mirror!
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