Shadow Mothers: Nannies, Au Pairs, and the Micropolitics of Mothering

AuthorCameron Lynne Macdonald
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Price2250

Shadow Mothers shines new light on an aspect of contemporary motherhood often hidden from view: the need for paid childcare by women returning to the workforce, and the complex bonds mothers forge with the â€œshadow mothersâ€ they hire. Cameron Lynne Macdonald illuminates both sides of an unequal and complicated relationship. Based on in-depth interviews with professional women and childcare providersâ€” immigrant and American-born nannies as well as European au pairsâ€”Shadow Mothers locates the roots of individual skirmishes between mothers and their childcare providers in broader cultural and social tensions. Macdonald argues that these conflicts arise from unrealistic ideals about mothering and inflexible career paths and work schedules, as well as from the devaluation of paid care work.

Publisher University of California Press USA
Publication Date 01/03/2011
Number of Pages 288
Binding Paper Back
ISBN 9780520266971
Category Non Fiction , Business and Management , Finance , Management Skills , Banking , Human Resource , Media Studies , Management and Leadership

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