Uprooted women : migrant domestics in the Caribbean / Paula L. Aymer.
Publication details: Westport, Conn : Praeger, 1997.Description: 172 pages : 1 map ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0275958833
- 9780275958831
- Women foreign workers -- Caribbean Area
- Women household employees -- Aruba
- Women foreign workers -- Aruba
- Travailleuses etrang eres -- Cara ibes (R egion)
- Employ ees de maison -- Aruba
- Travailleuses etrang eres -- Aruba
- Women foreign workers
- Women household employees
- Aruba
- Caribbean Area
- Huishoudelijk personeel
- Vrouwen
- Arbeidsmigratie
- Ausl andische Arbeitnehmerin
- Karibik
- Aruba
- 331.4/8164/04609729 21
- HD6110 .A95 1997
- 85.65
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Includes bibliographical references ([159]-169) and index.
"Traces labor migration of women from Eastern Caribbean to oil-producing countries such as Venezuela, Trinidad, Cura cao, and especially Aruba. Discusses women's participation in the labor force, gender relations, domestic service, the social and economic position of the migrants, and motherhood. Argues that US investments are an important factor in the migration of Caribbean women"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. U.S. Oil Enterprises in the Caribbean -- Ch. 3. Eastern Caribbean Women: Wage Workers -- Ch. 4. Foreign Temporary Workers: Migrant Workers -- Ch. 5. Migration Decision Making -- Ch. 6. Migration and Motherhood -- Ch. 7. Migrant Domestics on Aruba -- Ch. 8. Conclusions.
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