Disposable Domestics: Immigrant Women Workers in the Global Economy by Grace Chang
Disposable Domestics: Immigrant Women Workers in the Global Economy

Grace Chang

Disposable Domestics: Immigrant Women Workers in the Global Economy

Grace Chang

256 pages first pub 2000 (view editions)

nonfiction feminism gender challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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This book is ideal for readers who seek a critical, intersectional analysis of how global capitalism and systemic racism shape the exploitation of immigrant women in labor systems.

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ContentsIntroductionBreeding Ignorance, Breeding HatredChapter 1: Undocumented Latinas: The New Employable MotherChapter 2: The Nanny Visa: The Bracero Program RevisitedChapter 3: Immigrants and Workfare Workers: Emplyable but "Not Employed"Chapte...

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