Description
Book SynopsisWhat makes domestic work a bad job, even after efforts to formalize and improve working conditions? Erynn Masi de Casanova''s case study, based partly on collaborative research conducted with Ecuador''s pioneer domestic workers'' organization, examines three reasons for persistent exploitation. First, the tasks of social reproduction are devalued. Second, informal work arrangements escape regulation. And third, unequal class relations are built into this type of employment. Accessible to advocates and policymakers as well as academics, this book provides both theoretical discussions about domestic work and concrete ideas for improving women''s lives.
Drawing on workers'' stories of lucha, trabajo, and sacrificiostruggle, work, and sacrificeDust and Dignity offers a new take on an old occupation. From the intimate experience of being a body out of place in an employer''s home, to the common work histories of Ecuadorian women in different cities, to the poss
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Dust and Dignity provides a most useful resource for scholars of gender, politics and the workplace. This book is a promising and unique contribution to the history and experiences of women working in domestic employment in Ecuador.
* Gender, Work, and Organization *
Table of ContentsForeword, by Maximina Salazar
Introduction
1. In Search of the Ideal Worker
2. Embodied Inequality
3. Informed but Insecure: (Written in Collaboration with Leila Rodriguez)
4. Pathways through Poverty
5. Like Any Other Job?
Conclusion
Epilogue
