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Description for Au Pair
Paperback. * Danny Miller is one of the leading anthropologists in the world today and is a key figure in the study of material culture. * This book is unique: it is the first attempt to analyse in detail the life of the au pair and the families for whom they work. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Many families leave their children for years to be looked after by young people about whom they know next to nothing, from places they have barely heard of. Who are these au pairs, why do they come and what is their experience of this arrangement? Do they, for their part, find that they are treated as one of the family, and would they even want to be? After a year of careful research, this book shows how most of our assumptions and expectations about au pairs are wrong.
This is the first book devoted to the lives ... Read more
Many families leave their children for years to be looked after by young people about whom they know next to nothing, from places they have barely heard of. Who are these au pairs, why do they come and what is their experience of this arrangement? Do they, for their part, find that they are treated as one of the family, and would they even want to be? After a year of careful research, this book shows how most of our assumptions and expectations about au pairs are wrong.
This is the first book devoted to the lives ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745650128
SKU
V9780745650128
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99-50
About Daniel Miller
Zuzana Búriková is a researcher at the Institute of Ethnology SAV, Slovakia and Lecturer at Masaryk University, Czech Republic Daniel Miller is Professor of Anthropology at University College, London
Reviews for Au Pair
“A great read and an intriguing academic study … Rich in content not only for anyone who thinks about employing or becoming an au pair, but also for everyone scientifically interested in an ethnography of this specific institution.” Anthropos "Pick up this book when you want a guilt-free escape from your day-to-day academic work. This is ... Read more