{"product_id":"domestic-economies-9780822370024","title":"Domestic Economies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSusanna Rosenbaum examines how immigrant Mexican and Central American domestic workers in Los Angeles and the predominantly white, upper-middle-class women who employ them seek to achieve the \"American Dream,\" underscoring how the American Dream's ideology is racialized and gendered while exposing how pursuing it lies at the intersection of motherhood and domestic labor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One strength of Rosenbaum’s research design is its reliance not only on interviews but also on settings for observation: a middle-class mothers’ group, a domestic workers’ co-op, and an organization advocating for domestic workers’ rights.\" -- Debra Osnowitz * Gender \u0026amp; Society *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDomestic Economies\u003c\/i\u003e provides a novel angle for examining domestic work through its focus on the identities of those who hire and do domestic work, rather than on employer-employee relations, as do most other studies.\" -- Rhacel Salazar Parren˜as * International Migration Review *\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a beautifully written book, recommended for scholars of gender and work, immigration, and family.\" -- Kristin Marsh * American Ethnologist *\u003cbr\u003e\"This important, nuanced and highly readable ethnography will be important reading for scholars and students interested in the globalisation of care and the intersections of migration, belonging, class, race and gender. I would also recommend it to general readers who want to learn more about the critical contributions of immigrant workers to contemporary everyday life, not only in America but across the world.\" -- Megha Amrith * Anthropological Forum *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Producing In\/Visibility in Los Angeles  27\u003cbr\u003e 2. Middle-Class Dreaming and the Limits of \"Americanness\"  49\u003cbr\u003e 3. Making Mothers Count  83\u003cbr\u003e 4. Organizing, Motherhood, and the Meanings of (Domestic) Work  115\u003cbr\u003e 5. Dreaming American  148\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion  177\u003cbr\u003e Notes   185\u003cbr\u003e References  205\u003cbr\u003e Index  225","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406107418967,"sku":"9780822370024","price":18.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822370024.jpg?v=1730494554","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/domestic-economies-9780822370024","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}