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The 15 detailed and well-researched essays collected here range from personal recollections to broad economic analysis spanning the globe from Taiwan to Mexico and from Thailand to the Dominican Republic. They cover such topics as the transfer of emotional resources, the pressures global capitalism puts on women and their families and the ways that women's migration has modified relationships between men and women--both through marriage and through the global sex trade. Most importantly, the contributors have brought the personal stories of those the authors call "the world's most invisible women" into the light. This is essential and disturbing reading for all those interested in the effects of global capitalism, along with Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed--Undercover in Low-wage America. --Larry Brown
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Barbara Ehrenreich's bestselling Nickel and Dimed exposed the impossibility of living on the minimum wage in the USA. Now, with Arlie Russell Hochschild, she has widened her perspective to look at the effects global capitalism has been having on women's lives all over the world.In a time shaped by mass migration and economic exchange, women are moving around the globe as never before. But for every female executive racking up frequent-flier miles, there are multitudes of women whose journeys go unnoticed. Every year, millions leave Mexico, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Eastern Europe to work in the homes, nurseries and brothels of the First World. In the new global calculus, the female energy that flows to wealthy countries is subtracted from poor ones, often to the detriment of the families left behind. The migrant nanny - or cleaning woman, carer, maid - eases a 'care deficit' in rich countries, while her absence creates a 'care deficit' in her own country.These fifteen vivid pieces confront a range of topics, from the fate of Vietnamese mail-order brides to Mexican nannies in LA, from Thai girls in Japanese brothels to Czech au pairs in the UK. Global Woman is an important and disturbing new book. It a reveals a new era in which the main resource now extracted from the Third World is no longer gold or silver, but love. A compelling investigation into the effects of globalisation on the working lives of women Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781862075887
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Book Description Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. In a world shaped by mass migration and economic exchange on an ever- increasing scale, women are moving around the globe as never before. This anthology examines the unexplored consequences of globalization on the lives of women worldwide. Seller Inventory # B9781862075887
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