Hired as a caregiver, demanded as a housewife: Becoming a migrant domestic worker in Turkey

European Journal of Women's Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 209-225

  Akalin, Ayşe ^a,b  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Capacity; Caregiver; Domestic work; Feminization of migration; Housewife; Self; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547128561     PISSN: 13505068     EISSN: 14617420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350506807079011     Document Type: Article

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