The experiences of Ghanaian live-in caregivers in the United States /

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This book documents the experiences of Ghanaian live-in caregivers and argues that they value care work on their own terms and not on American perceptions. The challenges of work in a different sociocultural context elicited responses from the women that challenged some long-held assumptions about i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Donkor, Martha (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]
Temas:
Women caregivers > United States.
Women immigrants > United States.
Foreign workers, Ghanaian > United States.
Ghanaians > United States.
Caregivers > United States.
Aidantes naturelles > États-Unis.
Immigrantes > États-Unis.
Travailleurs étrangers ghanéens > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Foreign workers, Ghanaian
Ghanaians
Women caregivers
Women immigrants
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Women, globalization, migration, and work
  • Ghana in the global political economy
  • Ghanaian women and the international migration process
  • The chance and choice of live-in caregiving
  • The dynamics of live-in caregiving
  • Organizing family from a distance
  • Live in at what cost?
  • Rethinking immigrant women's care work.

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