Mothercoin: The Stories of Immigrant Nannies

A historical and cultural exploration of the devastating consequences of undervaluing those who conduct the “women's work” of childcare and housekeeping

In taking up the mothercoin-the work of mothering, divorced from family and exchanged in a global market-immigrant nannies embody a grave contradiction: while “women's work” of childcare and housekeeping is relegated to the private sphere and remains largely invisible to the public world, the love and labor required to mother are fundamental...