| Intimate Labors: Cultures, Technologies, and the Politics of Care Contributor(s): Parreñas, Rhacel Salazar (Editor), Boris, Eileen (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0804761930 ISBN-13: 9780804761932 Publisher: Stanford Social Sciences OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Gender Studies - Psychology | Interpersonal Relations - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations |
| Dewey: 306.360 |
| LCCN: 2010006263 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.7" W x 8.6" (1.06 lbs) 356 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What do home health aides, call center operators, prostitutes, sperm donors, nail manicurists, and housecleaners have in common? Around the world, they make their livings through touch, closeness, and personal care. Their labors, both paid and unpaid, sustain the day-to-day work that we require to survive. This book takes a close look at carework, domestic work, and sex work in everyday life and illuminates the juncture where money and intimacy meet. Intimate labor is presented as a comprehensive category of investigation into gender, race, class, and other power relations in the context of global economic transformations. In chronicling the history of intimate labor in light of the rise and devolution of welfare states, women's workforce participation, family formation, the expansion of sex work into new industries, and the development of institutions for dependent people, this wide-ranging reader advances debates over the relationship between care and economy. |