domestic labor

Mujeres Talk: Domestic Workers, Dignity and a Daughter’s Story

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Last November in Oakland, at the meetings of the National Women’s Studies Association, I attended a session entitled “Imagining New Solutions for Old Problems: Domestic Workers Create Networks – Transforming the Struggle for Social and Economic Justice”. The panel offered academic, activist, and worker voices reflecting on the current state of labor activism in a field comprised largely of … Read more

Mujeres Talk: Pensamientos from the “Field”: On Mexican Women Caring for North Americans

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We have renovated the page for Mujeres Talk, the new MALCS web project featuring blog essays by members and allies on current issues and research. I am an anthropologist who studies the labor of Mexicana elder care providers. Every year I spend time in the field, in my long-standing research site of Santa Barbara, and … Read more