Shadow mothers: nannies, au pairs, and the micropolitics of mothering/

Macdonald, Cameron Lynne.

Shadow mothers: nannies, au pairs, and the micropolitics of mothering/ Cameron Lynne Macdonald. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011. - xiv, 272 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: childcare on trial -- Mother-employers: blanket accountability at home and at work -- Nannies on the market -- "They're too poor and they all smoke": ethnic logics and childcare hiring decisions -- Managing a home-centered childhood: intensive mothering by proxy -- Creating shadow mothers -- The "third-parent" ideal -- Nanny resistance strategies -- Partnerships: seeking a new model -- Untangling the mother-nanny knot.

9780520222328 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520266971 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Child care.
Au pairs.
Nannies.
Child care services.
Motherhood.

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