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02006aam a2200349Ii 4500 001 A10C7172E9E711E69A6025A3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170203020341 008 150427s2016 ilu b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781608465286 (paperback) 020 $a 1608465284 (paperback) 035 $a (OCoLC)908071975 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $c YDXCP $e rda $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d MNJ $d OCLCF $d GZN $d HLS $d IWA $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 14 $a HD6095 C48x 2016 100 1 $a Chang, Grace, $d 1964- $e author. 245 10 $a Disposable domestics : $b immigrant women workers in the global economy / $c Grace Chang ; forewords by Ai-Jen Poo and Mimi Abramovitz ; afterword by Alicia Garza. 250 $a Second Edition. 264 1 $a Chicago, Ill. : $b Haymarket Books, $c [2016] 300 $a xxix, 234 pages ; $c 23 cm 500 $a First published by South End Press in 2000. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- Breeding ignorance, breeding hatred -- Undocumented Latinas : the new employable mother -- The nanny visa : the Bracero Program revisited -- Global exchange : the World Bank, "Welfare Reform," and the trade in migrant women -- Immigrants and workfare workers : employable but "not employed" -- Gatekeeping and housekeeping. 520 $a The prevailing image of migrants, particular women of color, is that of a drain on "our" resources. Grace Chang's vital account of migrant women-- frequently undocumented and disenfranchised, working as nannies, domestic workers, janitors, nursing aides, and home care workers-- proves just the opposite. 650 0 $a Women foreign workers $z United States. 650 0 $a Women household employees $z United States. 650 0 $a Foreign workers, Asian $z United States. 650 0 $a Foreign workers, Latin American $z United States. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170304032538.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A10C7172E9E711E69A6025A3DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search