Collective Complaint
Immigrant Women Caregivers' Community, Performance, and the Limits of Labor Law in New York City
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2290785 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alana Lee Glaser (0000-0003-2389-1347, St. John's University) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 195-210 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | PoLAR Political and Legal Anthropology Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1081-6976 • E-ISSN: 1555-2934 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/plar.12377 |
| OpenAlex | W3098974728 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 26 |
In 2010 New York passed the first legal protections for in-home care workers in the United States. Amid these legal changes, care workers deploy collective complaint as a community-building strategy, allowing immigrant women who are domestic workers-often isolated in private homes-to commiserate with one another through shared criticisms of their, mostly women, employers. Based on fieldwork among activist nannies in New York between 2010 and 2012, I argue that collective complaint is a critical source of solidarity and community for childcare providers while caregivers' rhetorical and affective strategies offer insight about the potential limitations of rights-based legislation in this and other informal sectors
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 1,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |