Gender, Migration and Domestic Work

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.

Autorentext
MAJELLA KILKEY is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Sheffield, UK. She is author of Lone Mothers Between Paid Work and Care.
DIANE PERRONS is Professor of Economic Geography and Gender Studies at the London School of Economics, UK. She is author of Globalization and Social Change: People and Places in a Divided World.
ANIA PLOMIEN is Lecturer in Gender and Social Science at the Gender Institute, London School of Economics, UK.

Inhalt
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