Dust and Dignity : : Domestic Employment in Contemporary Ecuador / / Erynn Masi de Casanova.
What makes domestic work a bad job, even after efforts to formalize and improve working conditions? Erynn Masi de Casanova's case study, based partly on collaborative research conducted with Ecuador's pioneer domestic workers' organization, examines three reasons for persistent exploi...
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Casanova, Erynn Masi de, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Dust and Dignity : Domestic Employment in Contemporary Ecuador / Erynn Masi de Casanova. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2019] ©2019 1 online resource (192 p.) : 1 map, 7 charts text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. In Search of the Ideal Worker -- 2. Embodied Inequality -- 3. Informed but Insecure (Written in Collaboration with Leila Rodríguez) -- 4. Pathways through Poverty -- 5. Like Any Other Job? -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Research Methods -- Notes -- References -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star What makes domestic work a bad job, even after efforts to formalize and improve working conditions? Erynn Masi de Casanova's case study, based partly on collaborative research conducted with Ecuador's pioneer domestic workers' organization, examines three reasons for persistent exploitation. First, the tasks of social reproduction are devalued. Second, informal work arrangements escape regulation. And third, unequal class relations are built into this type of employment. Accessible to advocates and policymakers as well as academics, this book provides both theoretical discussions about domestic work and concrete ideas for improving women's lives.Drawing on workers' stories of lucha, trabajo, and sacrificio-struggle, work, and sacrifice-Dust and Dignity offers a new take on an old occupation. From the intimate experience of being a body out of place in an employer's home, to the common work histories of Ecuadorian women in different cities, to the possibilities for radical collective action at the national level, Casanova shows how and why women do this stigmatized and precarious work and how they resist exploitation in the search for dignified employment. From these searing stories of workers' lives, Dust and Dignity identifies patterns in domestic workers' experiences that will be helpful in understanding the situation of workers elsewhere and offers possible solutions for promoting and ensuring workers' rights that have relevance far beyond Ecuador. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Informal sector (Economics) Ecuador Guayaquil. Women household employees Ecuador Guayaquil. Women migrant labor Ecuador Guayaquil. Work environment Ecuador Guayaquil. Labor History. Latin American & Caribbean Studies. Sociology & Social Science. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations. bisacsh gender studies, informal employment, domestic work, carework. Salazar, Maximina, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Salazar, Maximina. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 9783110651980 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English 9783110610765 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 9783110664232 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Economics, Law & Social Sciences 2019 ENG 9783110610130 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Social Sciences 2019 9783110606485 ZDB-23-DSW print 9781501739453 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501739477?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501739477 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501739477/original |
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