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  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F10%3A00045607" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/10:00045607 - isvavai.cz</a>

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  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    Au Pair

  • Original language description

    The book is based on ethnography of Slovak au pairs living in the London area and captures both experiences of au pairs and host families. 1st chapter focuses on motivations of migration.2nd chapter is discussion based on material culture. Chapter 3 describes the work of an au pair 4th chapter tackles racism. 5th chapter examines leisure activities of the au pairs. Chapter 6 looks at men. Chapter 7 moves to analysis of the time spent in London using the model of a rite de passage. This leads to the conclusion, where we examine consequences of temporality and informality of relationship between au pair and their hosts for the au pair institution. Finally the appendix provides a brief immersion of our study within the larger comparative study of domesticlabour. We argue that exploitation and inequality follow from legal definition of au pairing and asymmetry of power in the relationship between au pairs and their hosts.

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  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    B - Specialist book

  • CEP classification

    AC - Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology

  • OECD FORD branch

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  • Project

  • Continuities

    N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Others

  • Publication year

    2010

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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  • ISBN

    978-0-7456-5012-8

  • Number of pages

    209

  • Publisher name

    Polity Press

  • Place of publication

    Cambridge

  • UT code for WoS book