ISBN:
9781137303936
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113730393X
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9780230297203
Language:
English
Pages:
VIII, 205 S.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Online-Ressource Palgrave connect. Social sciences
Series Statement:
Migration, diasporas and citizenship
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Kilkey, Majella, 1975 - Gender, migration and domestic work
Parallel Title:
Print version Gender, Migration and Domestic Work : Masculinities, Male Labour and Fathering in the UK and USA
DDC:
331.620941
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Electronic book text. - Epublication based on: 9780230297203
Abstract:
Gender, Migration and Domestic Work: An Introduction Globalization, Migration and Domestic Work: Gendering the Debate Researching Men in the Relationship between Gender, Migration and Domestic Work Migrants and Male Domestic Work in the UK: the Rise of the 'Polish Handyman' Connecting Men in the International Division of Domestic Work: The New 'Father Time-Bind', Global Divisions between Men and Gender Inequalities Mexican Gardeners in the USA-- H. Ramirez and P. Hondagneu-Sotelo Gender Identity and Work: Migrant Domestic Work and Masculinity
Abstract:
Based on studies conducted in the UK and USA, this book investigates the experiences of suppliers and consumers of masculinized domestic services, exploring issues such as increasing inequality, migration, the rise of commoditized domestic services, contemporary masculinities and the gendering of paid work, As the rich have got richer and households have become busier, demand for commoditized household services has increased. While much is known about maids and nannies, this book is distinctive in focusing on masculinized domestic services. Through two case-studies - Polish handymen in the UK and the households that employ them and Mexican jardineros in the USA - the book demonstrates how, by outsourcing, householders can mitigate the 'father time-bind' arising from tensions between new expectations for involved fathering, economic expectations regarding working hours, and a highly gendered and neo-liberal social policy regime, and shows how the consequences of this reaches beyond the households into the lives of the migrant men who work for them. Through the focus on male domestic work, the book identifies distinctly gendered understandings of domestic work and care, and shows how these influence the differential economic value of and emotional attachment to different forms of domestic work, and the gendered identities of those supplying and buying these services. In doing so, the book reveals much about the dynamic and varied understandings of masculinity
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Gender, Migration and Domestic Work: An Introduction; 2 Globalization, Migration and Domestic Work: Gendering the Debate; 3 Researching Men in the Relationship between Gender, Migration and Domestic Work; 4 Migrants and Male Domestic Work in the UK: The Rise of the 'Polish Handyman'; 5 Connecting Men in the International Division of Domestic Work: The New 'Father Time-Bind', Global Divisions between Men and Gender Inequalities; 6 Mexican Gardeners in the USA; 7 Gender Identity and Work: Migrant Domestic Work and Masculinity; Notes; References
Description / Table of Contents:
Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1057/9781137303936
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