Description

Book Synopsis
Highlights the voices, experiences, and views of Mexican and Central American women who care for other people's children and homes, as well as the outlooks of the women who employ them in Los Angeles.

Table of Contents
Preface to the 2007 Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Acknowledgments

PART ONE THE JOB TODAY
1. New World Domestic Order
2. Maid in L.A.

PART TWO FINDING HARD WORK ISN'T EASY
3· It's Not What You Know ...
4· Formalizing the Informal:
Domestic Employment Agencies
5· Blowups and Other Unhappy Endings

PART THREE INSIDE THE JOB
6. Tell Me What to Do, But Don't Tell Me How
7· Go Away ... But Stay Close Enough
8. Cleaning Up a Dirty Business

Notes
References
Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 20/03/2007
      ISBN13: 9780520251717, 978-0520251717
      ISBN10: 0520251717
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      Gender studies: women and girls Migration, immigration and emigration

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Highlights the voices, experiences, and views of Mexican and Central American women who care for other people's children and homes, as well as the outlooks of the women who employ them in Los Angeles.

      Table of Contents
      Preface to the 2007 Edition
      Preface to the First Edition
      Acknowledgments

      PART ONE THE JOB TODAY
      1. New World Domestic Order
      2. Maid in L.A.

      PART TWO FINDING HARD WORK ISN'T EASY
      3· It's Not What You Know ...
      4· Formalizing the Informal:
      Domestic Employment Agencies
      5· Blowups and Other Unhappy Endings

      PART THREE INSIDE THE JOB
      6. Tell Me What to Do, But Don't Tell Me How
      7· Go Away ... But Stay Close Enough
      8. Cleaning Up a Dirty Business

      Notes
      References
      Index

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