Umfang:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 260 Seiten).
Ausgabe:
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015
ISBN:
978-1-137-37748-7
Serie:
Migration, diasporas and citizenship
Inhalt:
〈p 〉Far from being the preserve of middle-class women from Northern Europe, au pairing is now booming worldwide. This collection, the first dedicated entirely to examining the lives of au pairs, traces their experiences across five continents showing how this form of domestic labour and childcare is thriving in the twenty-first century
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Au Pairs in the UK; 2 'Pink Slave' or the 'Modern Young Woman'? A History of the Au Pair in Britain; 3 'Good Families' and the Shadows of Servitude: Au Pair Gossip and Norms of Au Pair Employment; 4 When Work Doesn't Pay: Outcomes of a Deregulated Childcare Market and Au Pair Policy Vacuum in the UK; 5 Migrant Domestic Workers, the National Minimum Wage and the 'Family Worker' Concept; Part II: Au Pairs in the Nordic Countries
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Filipino Au Pairs between Moral Obligations and Personal Ambitions7 Bane and Boon; Gains and Pains; Dos and Don'ts ... Moral Economy and Female Bodies in Au Pair Migration; 8 'It's Not Much': Affective (Boundary) Work in the Au Pair Scheme; 9 Au Pairs in Norway: Experiences from an Outreach Project; Part III: The Au Pair Experience in the Rest of Europe; 10 Ethnicity and the Au Pair Experience: Latin American Au Pairs in Marseille, France; 11 Part of the Family? Experiences of Au Pairs in Ireland; Part IV: Au Pairs in the New World
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Fantasy, Work and the Experiences of Mexican Au Pairs in the USA; 14 'She Doesn't Think It Will Work Out': Why Au Pairs in the USA Leave Their Host Family Early; 15 Conclusion: When is a Worker Not a Worker? Tackling the Contradictions of Au Pairing; Index
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover ISBN 978-1-137-37747-0
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Paperback ISBN 978-1-349-47796-8
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Soziologie
Schlagwort(e):
Au-pair-Mädchen
;
Hausarbeit
;
Kinderbetreuung
;
Soziale Situation
;
Familienleben
;
Internationaler Vergleich
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Electronic books
DOI:
10.1057/9781137377487
URL:
Volltext
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