Grace Chang (2) (1964–)

Autore di Disposable Domestics: Immigrant Women Workers in the Global Economy

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Grace Chang is a writer, activist, and mother of two who lives in Oakland, California. Her essays and articles on immigrant women, welfare, and work have appeared in Radical America, Socialist Review; and the anthology Dragon Ladies: Asian American Feminists Breathe Fire. She is a co-editor of mostra altro Mothering: Ideology, Experience, and Agency. mostra meno

Opere di Grace Chang

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Disposable Domestics: Immigrant Women Workers in the Global Economy (2000) 156 copie

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Opere correlate

Race, Class, and Gender: An Anthology (1992) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 443 copie

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Data di nascita: 1964
Sesso: female
Nazionalità: USA

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Disposable Domestics: Immigrant Women Workers in… di Grace Chang

This incredibly relevant book does an excellent job of explaining decades of immigration and labor policy in an accessible format. It aptly illustrates the juxtaposition between society’s desire for female immigrant labor, and the perceived threat of their fertility and “failure to assimilate,” and the exploitation that enables in labor markets. This book is particularly valuable in examining how increased labor opportunities for white middle class women (without the cultural change that would impact their domestic duties) have come at the expense of black and brown women.… (altro)

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therc | May 23, 2019 |

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