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Forced to care : coercion and caregiving in America / Evelyn Nakano Glenn.

By: Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010Description: 262 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780674048799
  • 0674048792
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.1/04250973 22
LOC classification:
  • HV1451 .G64 2010
NLM classification:
  • WY 200
Contents:
Who cares? -- Caring for one's own and caring for a living -- The movement to reform women's caring -- From moral duty to legal obligation -- Paid caring in the home -- Neoliberalism and globalization -- Creating a caring society.
Summary: This title looks at the caregiving system in the US and compares it with slavery and other forms of forced labour. The book illuminates the source of contradictions between American beliefs about the value and importance of caring in a good society and the exploitation and devalued status of those who do the caring.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Course reserves
Textbook on reserve (2-hour) Textbook on reserve (2-hour) NMC Library Closed Reserves (Service Desk) ENG 112 HV1451 .G64 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001165066

English Composition

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Who cares? -- Caring for one's own and caring for a living -- The movement to reform women's caring -- From moral duty to legal obligation -- Paid caring in the home -- Neoliberalism and globalization -- Creating a caring society.

This title looks at the caregiving system in the US and compares it with slavery and other forms of forced labour. The book illuminates the source of contradictions between American beliefs about the value and importance of caring in a good society and the exploitation and devalued status of those who do the caring.

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