Domestica
by Hondagneu-Sotelo, PierretteFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-04-01
Publisher(s): Univ of California Pr
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Summary
Domestica examines the experiences and views of Latina immigrant women who work as house cleaners and nannies in the United States, and the views of the women who employ them as well.
Author Biography
Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo is Professor of Sociology at the University of Southern California
Table of Contents
| Preface | ix | ||||
| Acknowledgments | xxiii | ||||
| PART ONE THE JOB TODAY | |||||
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3 | (26) | |||
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29 | (34) | |||
| PART TWO FINDING HARD WORK ISN'T EASY | |||||
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63 | (29) | |||
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92 | (22) | |||
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114 | (23) | |||
| PART THREE INSIDE THE JOB | |||||
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137 | (34) | |||
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171 | (39) | |||
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210 | (35) | |||
| Notes | 245 | (24) | |||
| References | 269 | (10) | |||
| Index | 279 |
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