Macdonald, Cameron Lynne. <br/><br/>
Shadow mothers: nannies, au pairs, and the micropolitics of mothering/ 
Cameron Lynne Macdonald. 
 - Berkeley :  University of California Press,  c2011. 
 - xiv, 272 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780520222328 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520266971 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Child care.<br/>Au pairs.<br/>Nannies.<br/>Child care services.<br/>Motherhood.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.8743  / MAC/S