Too Close for Comfort? 'Race'and the Management of Proximity, Guilt and Other Anxieties in Paid Domestic Labour
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2642241 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Esther Bott (University of Nottingham, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 152-158 |
| Publication date | 2005-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Research Online (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1360-7804 • E-ISSN: 1360-7804 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5153/sro.1141 |
| OpenAlex | W2095082178 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 8 |
This paper examines relations between migrant domestic workers and their employers in London, and how employers use ideas about 'race' and racial difference to manage the difficulties and tensions involved in sharing their houses with employees. Using findings from preliminary interviews with employers (the initial phase of data gathering in a wider ongoing project), it looks at how employers might structure proximity/distance relations; levels of intimacy; social hierarchy and guilt management around a conceptual framework that hinges on notions of 'difference' and Otherness
Hierarchy · Political science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
| Citations per year | 0.26 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2016 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |