Forced to Care - Coercion and Caregiving in America

Informationen zum Autor Evelyn Nakano Glenn is Professor of Women’s Studies and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Klappentext This title looks at the caregiving system in the US and compares it with slavery and other forms of forced labor, examining the source of contradictions between American beliefs about the value and importance of caring in a good society and the exploitation and devalued status of those who do the caring, who are often immigrant women and women of color. Zusammenfassung Offers an interpretation of care labor in the United States by tracing the roots of inequity along two interconnected strands: unpaid caring within the family; and slavery! indenture! and other forms of coerced labor.

Product details

• Authors: Evelyn Glenn, Evelyn Nakano Glenn
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.03.2012
• EAN: 9780674064157
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06415-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Social welfare & social services, Social discrimination & inequality, United States of America, USA, Social welfare and social services, Gender studies, gender groups, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Social discrimination and social justice