Caring for the 'holy land': filipina domestic workers in israel
Auteur :
Liebelt, Claudia
Éditeur :
Berghahn Books
ISBN :
9780857452610
Date de publication :
1 nov. 2011
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
476 g
Format :
Library binding
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In Israel, as in numerous countries of the global North, Filipina migrant women have been recruited in large numbers for domestic work, typically as live-in caregivers for the elderly. Nevertheless, the case of Israel is unique in many ways: the country has a special significance as the "Holy Land" for the predominantly devout Christian Filipina...