Uprooted women
Subtitle: migrant domestics in the Caribbean
By: Paula L. Aymer.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
Subjects: Women alien labor -- Caribbean Area; Women domestics -- Aruba; Women alien labor -- Aruba
Description: "Traces labor migration of women from Eastern Caribbean to oil-producing countries such as Venezuela, Trinidad, Curaçao, and especially Aruba. Discusses women's participation in the labor force, gender relations, domestic service, the social and economic position of the migrants, and motherhood. Argues that US investments are an important factor in the migration of Caribbean women"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references ([159]-169) and index.