{"product_id":"paid-to-care-9781477327708","title":"Paid to Care","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn insight into the struggles of paid domestic workers in Latin America through an exploration of films, texts, and digital media produced since the 1980s in collaboration with them or inspired by their experiences.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Paid domestic work in Latin America is often undervalued, underpaid, and underregulated. Exploring a wave of Latin American cultural texts since the 1980s that draw on the personal experiences of paid domestic work or intimate ties to domestic employees, \u003ci\u003ePaid to Care\u003c\/i\u003e offers insights into the struggles domestic workers face through an analysis of literary testimonials, documentary and fiction films, and works of digital media. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From domestic workers’ experiences of unionization in the 1980s to calls for their rights to be respected today, the cultural texts analyzed in \u003ci\u003ePaid to Care\u003c\/i\u003e provide additional insight into public debates about paid domestic work. Rachel Randall examines work made in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Peru, an\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 1. Paid Domestic Workers’ Testimonios in Latin America \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 2. Labors of Love? Live-in Domestic Workers in Latin American Fiction Film \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 3. Immaterial Labors: Spectral Domestic Workers in Brazilian and Argentine Documentary \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 4. Domestic Workers in the Digital Domain \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Conclusion \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix 1. Latin American Testimonios Exploring (Paid) Domestic Work and Published in the Late Twentieth and Early Twenty-First Centuries \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix 2. Filmography: Latin American Fiction Films Released since 2000 That Feature Paid Domestic Workers in Key Roles \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix 3. Filmography: Contemporary Latin American Documentaries That Focus on Paid Domestic or Care Workers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix 4. Filmography: Other Films or Television Shows \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e References \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739633299799,"sku":"9781477327708","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781477327708.jpg?v=1720052783","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/paid-to-care-9781477327708","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}