Hired Daughters: Domestic Workers Among Ordinary Moroccans

by Mary Montgomery

Hired Daughters examines a fading tradition of domestic service in which rural girls familiar to ordinary Moroccan families were placed in their homes until marriage. In this tradition of "bringing up," the girls are considered "daughters of the house," and part of their role in the family is to help with the housework. Gradually, this tradition is transforming into one in which workers unfamiliar to their host families are paid a wage and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253041007
• ISBN13: 9780253041005
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher