Servicing the Middle Classes: Class, Gwender, and Waged Domestic Work - in Contemporary Britain

Informationen zum Autor Nicky Gregson, Michelle Lowe Klappentext Servicing the Middle Classes investigates the recent rise in demand by middle class families for waged domestic labour and the consequent growth of a new `servant' class.Examining the position of nannies and cleaners, the authors explore the national socio-economic trends which have led to this new phenomenon and the profound changes this reflects in our concepts of motherhood and class and gender relations. Zusammenfassung Investigates the rise of a new `servant' class in response to demands by the middle class, and the socio-economic trends which have led to this and profound change this reflects in our concepts of motherhood, class and gender relations. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures, List of Tables, Acknowledgements, Part I The resurgence of waged domestic labour in contemporary Britain, Part II Nanny and cleaner employment within contemporary Britain, Notes, Glossary, Bibliography, Name index, Subject index

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• Authors: Nicky Gregson, Gregson Nicky, Michelle Lowe
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.08.1994
• EAN: 9780415085311
• ISBN: 978-0-415-08531-1
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Routledge International Studies of Women and Place
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Human Geography