Disposable domestics : immigrant women workers in the global economy / Grace Chang ; forewords by Ai-Jen Poo and Mimi Abramovitz ; afterword by Alicia Garza.
First published by South End Press in 2000. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
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.
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