Unfree: Women domestic work in Arab states

By: Material type: TextPublication details: California Stanford University Press 2022Description: 221 p. Includes bibliographical reference and indexISBN:
  • 978503629653
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Summary: a book by Rhacel Salazar Parreñas that examines the exploitation of migrant domestic workers, particularly women, in the Arab states, focusing on the kafala system. The book uses ethnographic research, mainly on Filipino workers in the UAE, to challenge simplistic views of the kafala system and instead offers a more nuanced understanding of "unfreedom" that includes both legal structures and interpersonal.
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a book by Rhacel Salazar Parreñas that examines the exploitation of migrant domestic workers, particularly women, in the Arab states, focusing on the kafala system. The book uses ethnographic research, mainly on Filipino workers in the UAE, to challenge simplistic views of the kafala system and instead offers a more nuanced understanding of "unfreedom" that includes both legal structures and interpersonal.

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