Gender, Migration and Domestic Work: Masculinities, Male Labour and Fathering in the UK and USA

Based on studies conducted in the UK and USA, this book investigates the experiences of suppliers and consumers of masculinized domestic services, exploring issues such as increasing inequality, migration, the rise of commoditized domestic services, contemporary masculinities and the gendering of paid work.

Author: M. Kilkey,D. Perrons,A. Plomien
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 01/01/2013
Pages: 213
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.46d
ISBN: 9781349334087

About the Author
MAJELLA KILKEY is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Sheffield, UK. She is author of Lone Mothers Between Paid Work and Care.
DIANE PERRONS is Professor of Economic Geography and Gender Studies at the London School of Economics, UK. She is author of Globalization and Social Change: People and Places in a Divided World.
ANIA PLOMIEN is Lecturer in Gender and Social Science at the Gender Institute, London School of Economics, UK.