Maternalism in mistress-maid relations: the Philippine experience
- Creator
- Arnado, Janet M.
Maternalism in mistress-maid relations: the Philippine experience
The employment relationship between a mistress and her maid is a good example of class inequality among women. Contextualized in the Third World author examines maternalism both as a complex, hierarchical system that governs the employment arrangement and as a field of negotiation where women exercise agency. Recorded in-depth interviews and focus groups with thirty-one domestic workers and ten female employers were conducted in a medium-sized city in the Philippines.
- Creator
- Arnado, Janet M.