Home Care Fault Lines : : Understanding Tensions and Creating Alliances / / Cynthia J. Cranford.
In this revealing look at home care, Cynthia J. Cranford illustrates how elderly and disabled people and the immigrant women workers who assist them in daily activities develop meaningful relationships even when their different ages, abilities, races, nationalities, and socio-economic backgrounds ge...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2020] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 2 b&w line drawings |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Sources
- Introduction: Tensions between Flexibility and Security
- 1. Gender, Migration, and the Pursuit of Security
- 2. Disability and the Quest for Flexibility
- 3. Managing Flexibility without Security in Toronto’s Direct Funding
- 4. Negotiating Flexibility with Security in Los Angeles’s In-Home Supportive Services
- 5. Agency-Led Flexibility and Insecurity in Toronto’s Home Care
- 6. Bargaining for Security with Flexibility in Toronto’s Attendant Services
- 7. Toward Flexible Care and Secure Work in Intimate Labor
- Appendix: Interviews and Methods
- Notes
- References
- Index