Introduction to the special issue: Men in a woman's job, male domestic workers, international migration and the globalization of care

Men and Masculinities

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-15

  Sarti, Raffaella ^a   Scrinzi, Francesca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

globalization of care; history of domestic service; international migration; male domestic workers; masculinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956954108     PISSN: 1097184X     EISSN: 15526828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1097184X10382878     Document Type: Article

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