Doméstica

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Doméstica is written by Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo and published by University of California Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0520214730 (ISBN 10) and 9780520214736 (ISBN 13).

As American women have entered the labor force in greater numbers, the traditional work of wives and mothers—cleaning houses and caring for children—has gradually moved into the global marketplace. Paid domestic work has largely become the domain of disenfranchised immigrant women of color. Unlike the working poor who toil in factories and fields, these women see, touch, and breathe the material and emotional world of their employers' homes. They scrub grout, coax reluctant children to eat their vegetables, launder and fold clothes, dust, vacuum, and witness intimate family dynamics. In this enlightening and timely work, Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo highlights the voices, experiences, and views of Mexican and Central American women who care for other people's children and homes, as well as the outlooks of the women who employ them in Los Angeles. All royalties from this book will be donated to the Domestic Workers’ Association, a division of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA).