a European perspective on a global theme
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Lutz, Helma > (ed.)
- Contributor
- Hondagneu-Sotelo, Pierette
- Publish Year
- 2008
- Shelfmark
- WER 5 2008
- Thesaurus
- huishoudelijke en zorgberoepen, huishoudelijke arbeid, zorgarbeid, migratie, overheidsbeleid, illegalen, gender, theorieën, Europa, bundel
- Description
- The contributors describe the connection between migration and domestic work on an empirical and theoretical level. They elaborate on the phenomenon of 'domestic work' in late modern societies by discussing different methodological and theoretical approaches in an interdisciplinary setting. The volume also looks at the gendered aspects of domestic work: it asks why the re-introduction of domestic workers in European households has become so popular and will argue that this phenomenon is challenging gender theories.