Global woman : nannies, maids, and sex workers in the new economy by by Barbara EhrenreichCall Number: HD6072 .G55 2003
ISBN: 080506995X
From Publisher's Weekly: "The current discourse on globalization, according to the authors, has little to say about the "migration of maids, nannies, nurses, sex workers, and contract brides," since, to most economists, these women "are just individuals making a go of it." The positive effects of their labor are sometimes noted: the money they remit to home countries is a major source of foreign exchange, and the work they do in the host country enables a large pool of upwardly mobile First World women to pursue productive careers..."
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