Gender, Migration and Domestic Work
Masculinities, Male Labour and Fathering in the UK and USA
Authors: Kilkey, M., Perrons, D., Plomien, A.
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Based on studies conducted in the UK and USA, this book investigates the experiences of suppliers and consumers of masculinized domestic services, exploring issues such as increasing inequality, migration, the rise of commoditized domestic services, contemporary masculinities and the gendering of paid work.
- About the authors
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MAJELLA KILKEY is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Sheffield, UK. She is author of Lone Mothers Between Paid Work and Care.
DIANE PERRONS is Professor of Economic Geography and Gender Studies at the London School of Economics, UK. She is author of Globalization and Social Change: People and Places in a Divided World.
ANIA PLOMIEN is Lecturer in Gender and Social Science at the Gender Institute, London School of Economics, UK.
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Gender, Migration and Domestic Work
- Book Subtitle
- Masculinities, Male Labour and Fathering in the UK and USA
- Authors
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- M. Kilkey
- D. Perrons
- A. Plomien
- Series Title
- Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship
- Copyright
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-137-30393-6
- DOI
- 10.1057/9781137303936
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-230-29720-3
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-349-33408-7
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VIII, 213
- Topics