The reproductive labour of migrant workers

Global Networks

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 269-275

  Parreñas, Rhacel Salazar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

GENDER; GLOBAL CARE CHAIN; RACIAL INEQUALITY; REPRODUCTIVE LABOUR; TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY CARE; GENDER; MIGRANT WORKERS; RACIAL INEQUALITY; REPRODUCTIVE LABOUR; TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

ELDERLY CARE; GENDER ISSUE; GEOPOLITICS; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HEALTH WORKER; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR DIVISION; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; RACIAL DISPARITY;

EID: 84858307056     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2012.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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