| #683289 in Books | 2007-03-20 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.88 x6.00l,.95 | File type: PDF | 318 pages||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| I keep reading this over & over again. I ...|By ThatGalVal|I keep reading this over & over again. I live on a street where not that far from me, up the hills...in the million dollar house range, I see many housekeepers, cleaners and nannies [primarily Latinas], going to work...I find this subject "FASINATING"!|0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.||"Opens a rare window into the lives of workers who often speak little English and seldom converse with their employers." -- Los Angeles Times
"[A] thoughtful, nuanced account of a troubled world so close to home that it's become almost invis
In this enlightening and timely work, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo highlights the voices, experiences, and views of Mexican and Central American women who care for other people's children and homes, as well as the outlooks of the women who employ them in Los Angeles. The new preface looks at the current issues facing immigrant domestic workers in a global context.
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Domestica: Immigrant Workers Cleaning and Caring in the Shadows of Affluence | Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!
