Shadow Mothers: Nannies, Au Pairs, and the Micropolitics of Mothering

by Cameron Lynne Macdonald

Book Overview

Shadow Mothers shines new light on an aspect of contemporary motherhood often hidden from view: the need for paid childcare by women returning to the workforce, and the complex bonds mothers forge with the "shadow mothers" they hire. Cameron Lynne Macdonald illuminates both sides of an unequal and complicated relationship. Based on in-depth interviews with professional women and childcare providers-- immigrant and American-born nannies as well...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520266978
• ISBN13: 9780520266971
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.8"