Intimate Labors: Cultures, Technologies, and the Politics of Care Edited by Rhacel Salazar Parreñas PHILIPPINE LITERATURE - Cultural Communities

Intimate Labors: Cultures, Technologies, and the Politics of Care Edited by Rhacel Salazar Parreñas PHILIPPINE LITERATURE - Cultural CommunitiesEdited by Rhacel Salazar Parreas and Eileen Boris "What do home health aides, call center operators, prostitutes, sperm donors, nail manicurists, and housecleaners have in common? Around the world, they make their livings through touch, closeness, and personal care. Their labors, both paid and unpaid, sustain the day to day work that we require to survive. This book takes a close look at care work, domestic work, and sex work in everyday life and

The wide range of research

and the Americas

When you're in America it often seems you are waiting for that day when you will be "back home

Reyes has won the James Laughlin Award for a second book from the Academy of American Poets for this volume

Size: 7 x 0

indeed speaks out his mind and soul

used sparingly for effect

" -- Rina Jimenez-David

ISBN-13 : 978-97-1-550464-5

through jetlagged reunions with family and friends

ISBN-13: 978-97-1-053804-1

ASIN: B0000D5KDT