The New American Servitude: Political Belonging Among African Immigrant Home Care Workers

by Cati Coe

Book Overview

Finalist, 2020 Elliott P. Skinner Award, given by the Association of Africanist Anthropology

Examines why African care workers feel politically excluded from the United States

Care for America's growing elderly population is increasingly provided by migrants, and the demand for health care labor is only expected to grow. Because of this health care crunch and the low barriers to entry, new African immigrants...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479808830
• ISBN13: 9781479808830
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"