Shadow mothers: nannies, au pairs, and the micropolitics of mothering/ Cameron Lynne Macdonald.

By: Macdonald, Cameron LynneMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011Description: xiv, 272 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780520222328 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780520266971 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Child care | Au pairs | Nannies | Child care services | MotherhoodDDC classification: 306.8743
Contents:
Introduction: childcare on trial -- Mother-employers: blanket accountability at home and at work -- Nannies on the market -- "They're too poor and they all smoke": ethnic logics and childcare hiring decisions -- Managing a home-centered childhood: intensive mothering by proxy -- Creating shadow mothers -- The "third-parent" ideal -- Nanny resistance strategies -- Partnerships: seeking a new model -- Untangling the mother-nanny knot.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: childcare on trial -- Mother-employers: blanket accountability at home and at work -- Nannies on the market -- "They're too poor and they all smoke": ethnic logics and childcare hiring decisions -- Managing a home-centered childhood: intensive mothering by proxy -- Creating shadow mothers -- The "third-parent" ideal -- Nanny resistance strategies -- Partnerships: seeking a new model -- Untangling the mother-nanny knot.

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