Erynn Masi de Casanova

Dust and Dignity

Domestic Employment in Contemporary Ecuador

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What makes domestic work a bad job, even after efforts to formalize and improve working conditions? Erynn Masi de Casanova's case study, based partly on collaborative research conducted with Ecuador's pioneer domestic workers' organization, examines three reasons for persistent exploitation. First, the tasks of social reproduction are devalued...

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 169mm x 237mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 440g
• ISBN-13: 9781501739453
• ISBN-10: 150173945X
• Artikelnr.: 54811352

Autorenporträt

Erynn Masi de Casanova. foreword by Maximina Salazar

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword, by Maximina Salazar
Introduction
1. In Search of the Ideal Worker
2. Embodied Inequality
3. Informed but Insecure: (Written in Collaboration with Leila Rodriguez)
4. Pathways through Poverty
5. Like Any Other Job?
Conclusion
Epilogue