Unfree: Women domestic work in Arab states
Parrenas, Rhacel Salazar
Unfree: Women domestic work in Arab states - California Stanford University Press 2022 - 221 p. Includes bibliographical reference and index
a book by Rhacel Salazar Parreñas that examines the exploitation of migrant domestic workers, particularly women, in the Arab states, focusing on the kafala system. The book uses ethnographic research, mainly on Filipino workers in the UAE, to challenge simplistic views of the kafala system and instead offers a more nuanced understanding of "unfreedom" that includes both legal structures and interpersonal.
978503629653
Textual
Unfree: Women domestic work in Arab states - California Stanford University Press 2022 - 221 p. Includes bibliographical reference and index
a book by Rhacel Salazar Parreñas that examines the exploitation of migrant domestic workers, particularly women, in the Arab states, focusing on the kafala system. The book uses ethnographic research, mainly on Filipino workers in the UAE, to challenge simplistic views of the kafala system and instead offers a more nuanced understanding of "unfreedom" that includes both legal structures and interpersonal.
978503629653
Textual