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As an Equal?: Au Pairing in the 21st Century
Rosie Cox
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Description for As an Equal?: Au Pairing in the 21st Century
Paperback. As an Equal draws on detailed research to examine the lives of au pairs and the families who host them in contemporary Britain, and explores how au pairing has become increasingly indistinguishable from other forms of domestic labour and low paid childcare. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFSJ1; JHB; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Au pairs are relied upon by tens of thousands of UK families to do everything from childcare and housework to elder care, pet feeding and waiting at dinner parties. Traditionally thought of as privileged and well-educated young women having fun on a 'gap year' abroad, au pairs have been excluded from many of the recent discussions on migrant domestic labour. However, since 2008 au pairing has been effectively unregulated in the UK and the result is that au pairs now constitute one of the poorest paid and least protected groups of workers. Through an examination of lived ... Read more
Au pairs are relied upon by tens of thousands of UK families to do everything from childcare and housework to elder care, pet feeding and waiting at dinner parties. Traditionally thought of as privileged and well-educated young women having fun on a 'gap year' abroad, au pairs have been excluded from many of the recent discussions on migrant domestic labour. However, since 2008 au pairing has been effectively unregulated in the UK and the result is that au pairs now constitute one of the poorest paid and least protected groups of workers. Through an examination of lived ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783604975
SKU
V9781783604975
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Rosie Cox
Rosie Cox is Professor of Geography at Birkbeck, University of London. She has been researching au pairs and other forms of paid domestic labour in the UK for nearly 20 years. She is the author of The Servant Problem: Domestic Employment in a Global Economy (2006), coeditor of Dirt: New Geographies of Cleanliness and Contamination (2007), co-author of Reconnecting Consumers, ... Read more
Reviews for As an Equal?: Au Pairing in the 21st Century
`This ground-breaking book exposes the economic and political forces that shape our homes and the work that goes on inside them.' Bridget Anderson, University of Bristol `In the first large-scale investigation of a largely hidden world, the authors provide an incisive account of the lived experiences of au pairs ... Read more