A Job with No Boundaries

Francesca Degiuli (1)

1 UC Santa Barbara - University of California [Santa Barbara]

In recent years a number of important studies have explored the new international division of reproductive labor, but those works have concentrated, for the most part, on one end of the life cycle: nannies and childcare. This article focuses on the other end of it, Jobs falling under this label encompass a variety of work situations but the title suggests a job that is more homogeneous than the occupation actually is. This article explores, through the narratives of the workers and the exploration of this 24-hour job, what it means to work as a home eldercare assistant.

Mots clés: domestic work; emotional labor; globalization; home eldercare work; immigration; women

Francesca Degiuli. A Job with No Boundaries. European Journal of Women's Studies, 2007, 14 (3), pp.193-207. ⟨10.1177/1350506807079010⟩. ⟨hal-00571305⟩