The Work of Mothering by Harrod J Suarez PAPERBACK 9780252082962

The Work of Mothering\nby Harrod J Suarez\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Harrod J Suarez\nTitle: The Work of Mothering\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Sociology: work and labour\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press\nPublication year: 2017\nISBN-13: 9780252082962\nISBN-10: 0252082966\nRRP: \u00A323.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nWomen make up a majority of the Filipino workforce laboring overseas. Their frequent employment in nurturing, maternal jobs--nanny, maid, caretaker, nurse--has found expression in a significant but understudied body of Filipino and Filipino American literature and cinema. Harrod J. Suarez's innovative readings of this cultural production explores issues of diaspora, gender, and labor. He details the ways literature and cinema play critical.