The new maids
Subtitle: transnational women and the care economy
By: Helma Lutz ; translated by Deborah Shannon
Publisher: Zed Books; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9781848132870; 9781848132887
Subjects: Women household employees; Employment; Sex role and globalization; Women immigrants
Work titles: Vom Weltmarkt in den Privathaushalt
Description: The New Maids is a pioneering study, grounded in rich empirical evidence, which expertly addresses the thorny questions surrounding the growing number of migrant cleaners and caregivers who maintain modern Western households.
Notes: Originally published in German as: Vom Weltmarkt in den Privathaushalt : die neuen Dienstmädchen im Zeitalter der Globalisierung. 2nd ed. Opladen ; Farmington Hills, Mich. : B. Budrich, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-229) and index.
Table of contents: title: New division of domestic labour --; title: Household as a global market for women's labour --; title: Domestic work and lifestyles : methods and first results --; title: Domestic work, a perfectly normal job? --; title: Exploitation or alliance of trust? Relationship work in the household --; title: Transnational motherhood --; title: Being illegal : migrant women in the globalization trap?