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Hired Daughters : Domestic Workers among Ordinary Moroccans /

Hired Daughters examines a fading tradition of domestic service in which rural girls familiar to ordinary Moroccan families were placed in their homes until marriage. In this tradition of "bringing up," the girls are considered "daughters of the house," and part of their role in...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Montgomery, Mary, 1986- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2019]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Part I: The Social Relations of Domestic Service
  • 1. A City Quarter and the 2018Popular2019 Ideal
  • 2. Mothers and Daughters
  • 3. A Civilizing Mission: Charity, Reward, and Gratitude
  • 4. Serving Neighbors, Serving Strangers: Markets and Marketplaces
  • Part II: Domestic Workers in the Wider World
  • 5. Domestic Workers in the City
  • 6. Domestic Workers at Home
  • 7. Domestic Workers and the Law
  • Conclusion