Work, labour and cleaning : the social contexts of outsourcing housework

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The work Work, labour and cleaning : the social contexts of outsourcing housework represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in European University Institute Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Work, labour and cleaning : the social contexts of outsourcing housework

Title remainder

the social contexts of outsourcing housework

Statement of responsibility

Lotika Singha

Title variation

Work, labor and cleaning

Creator

• Singha, Lotika

Subject

• Household employees -- Great Britain
• Household employees -- India
• Housekeeping -- Social aspects -- Great Britain
• Housekeeping -- Social aspects -- India

Language

eng

Summary

The outsourcing of domestic work in the UK has been steadily rising since the 1970s, but there has been little research into White British women who work as independent providers of cleaning services. 'Work, Labour and Cleaning' is a cross-cultural analysis based on new research into two particular social contexts, one in the UK and one in India. It argues that outsourced domestic cleaning can be undertaken either as work (using mental and manual skills) or as labour (unskilled, 'natural' women's work) depending on the social context and working conditions in which it occurs. The book challenges feminist dogma and popular myths about housework. --

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Gender and sociology