The New American Servitude : : Political Belonging among African Immigrant Home Care Workers / / Cati Coe.
Examines why African care workers feel politically excluded from the United States Care for America’s growing elderly population is increasingly provided by migrants, and the demand for health care labor is only expected to grow. Because of this health care crunch and the low barriers to entry, new...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Anthropologies of American Medicine: Culture, Power, and Practice ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 2 black and white illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Interlude: Food
- 1 “Anyone Who Is Not African”
- 2 Stories of Servitude
- 3 Making and Breaking Practical Kinship
- 4 Reciprocity
- 5 A Lack of Reciprocity
- Conclusion. Recognition and Belonging through Care
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- References
- Index
- About the Author