Servicing the Middle Classes: Class, Gender and Waged Domestic Work in Contemporary Britain
Servicing the Middle Classes investigates the recent rise in demand by middle class families for waged domestic labour and the consequent growth of a new ‘servant' class.
Examining the position of nannies and cleaners, the authors explore the national socio-economic trends which have led to this new phenomenon and the profound changes this reflects in our concepts of motherhood and class and gender relations.
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Servicing the Middle Classes: Class, Gender and Waged Domestic Work in Contemporary Britain
Servicing the Middle Classes investigates the recent rise in demand by middle class families for waged domestic labour and the consequent growth of a new ‘servant' class.
Examining the position of nannies and cleaners, the authors explore the national socio-economic trends which have led to this new phenomenon and the profound changes this reflects in our concepts of motherhood and class and gender relations.
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Servicing the Middle Classes: Class, Gender and Waged Domestic Work in Contemporary Britain

Servicing the Middle Classes: Class, Gender and Waged Domestic Work in Contemporary Britain

Servicing the Middle Classes: Class, Gender and Waged Domestic Work in Contemporary Britain

Servicing the Middle Classes: Class, Gender and Waged Domestic Work in Contemporary Britain

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Servicing the Middle Classes investigates the recent rise in demand by middle class families for waged domestic labour and the consequent growth of a new ‘servant' class.
Examining the position of nannies and cleaners, the authors explore the national socio-economic trends which have led to this new phenomenon and the profound changes this reflects in our concepts of motherhood and class and gender relations.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415085304
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 08/04/1994
Series: Routledge International Studies of Women and Place
Pages: 338
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Nicky Gregson, Michelle Lowe

Table of Contents

List of Figures, List of Tables, Acknowledgements, Part I The resurgence of waged domestic labour in contemporary Britain, Part II Nanny and cleaner employment within contemporary Britain, Notes, Glossary, Bibliography, Name index, Subject index
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