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100 1 _aMacdonald, Cameron Lynne.
245 1 0 _aShadow mothers: nannies, au pairs, and the micropolitics of mothering/
_cCameron Lynne Macdonald.
260 _aBerkeley :
_bUniversity of California Press,
_cc2011.
300 _axiv, 272 p. ;
_c23 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _aIntroduction: 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.
650 0 _aChild care.
650 0 _aAu pairs.
650 0 _aNannies.
650 0 _aChild care services.
650 0 _aMotherhood.
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