the invisible and unregulated world of domestic work
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Burnham, Linda
- Creator
- Theodore, Nik
- Creator
- Ehrenreich, Barbara > (forew.)
- Publish Year
- 2012
- Shelfmark
- Digitaal
- Thesaurus
- huishoudelijke arbeid, dienstmeisjes, allochtonen, illegalen, geweld, Verenigde Staten, 21e eeuw, rapport
- Description
- 'Domestic workers’ vulnerability to exploitation and abuse is deeply rooted in historical, social, and economic trends. Domestic work is largely women’s work. It carries the long legacy of the devaluation of women’s labor in the household. Domestic work in the US also carries the legacy of slavery with its divisions of labor along lines of both race and gender. The women who perform domestic work today are, in substantial measure, immigrant workers, many of whom are undocumented, and women of racial and ethnic minorities. These workers enter the labor force bearing multiple disadvantages.'