Global Woman: A Groundbreaking Anthology Examining the Impact of Globalization on Women's Lives Worldwide
In this remarkable pairing, renowned social critics Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russell Hochschild offer Global Woman, a groundbreaking anthology that examines the unexplored consequences of globalization on the lives of women worldwide.
Women are moving around the globe as never before. Each year, millions leave developing countries to work in the homes, nurseries, and brothels of wealthier nations. This broad-scale transfer of female labor results in an odd displacement, as the energy that flows to rich countries is subtracted from poorer ones, often to the detriment of the families left behind. The migrant nanny, cleaning woman, or nursing care attendant eases a "care deficit" in wealthy countries, while her absence creates a "care deficit" back home.
Confronting topics from the fate of Vietnamese mail-order brides to the importation of Mexican nannies in Los Angeles and the selling of Thai girls to Japanese brothels, Global Woman reveals a world shaped by mass migration and economic exchange on an ever-increasing scale. In fifteen vivid essays, this important anthology illuminates a new era in which love has become the main resource extracted from the developing world.