Maid in the U.S.A. (Perspectives on Gender)
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (827 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0415906121 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-03-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Focusing on both paid and unpaid domestic work, Maid in the USA expands the theoretical understanding of reproductive labor to explain the dynamics of race, class and gender in housework. Studies of household labor have largely neglected the employment of domestic workers nor have they sufficiently addressed the issue of unpaid housework. Through interviews with 25 Chicana private household workers, Mary Romero provides a unique exploration of their working conditions, and the social constraints which shape their personal lives.
. Mary Romero is Director of the Ethnic Studies Program and Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Oregon
"A Classic!" according to Kevin Johnson. This book is the classic study of the exploitation of domestic service workers in the United States. Kudos to the publisher for providing this 10th anniversary commemorative edition! In this book, which has aged extraordinarily well, Professor Romero studies the lives of those invisible people -- often immigrants and people of color -- who clean the homes of th. "A Little dry" according to CBC. This was a fairly good book, in that it presented the issue with a perspective I'd not heard before. However, it was very redundant in that the author presented the same info over and over again, even using some of the same quotes repeatedly. The book could have been slimmed down by 20 or A Little dry This was a fairly good book, in that it presented the issue with a perspective I'd not heard before. However, it was very redundant in that the author presented the same info over and over again, even using some of the same quotes repeatedly. The book could have been slimmed down by 20 or 30 pages and not lost anything. I also would have prefered more anecdotal. 0 pages and not lost anything. I also would have prefered more anecdotal
These _employers need to understand that their homes are workplaces and that they must dispense with the attitude for benevolent maternalism and substitute an attitude of responsible employers.–Affiliaa sweeping theoretical and historical survey .–Journal of American Ethnic History. Mary Romero's articulate and insightful book is a welcome addition ot the growing literature on women of color.–The Women's Review of BooksMaid in the U.S.A. is a well-written, insightful presentation of ethnographic data.–The AnnalsRomero's book is a huge step forward in our understanding not only of domestic work but of work in the informal econo