Essential Labor: Mothering As Social Change
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From the acclaimed author ofLike a Mothercomes a reflection on the state of caregiving in America, and an exploration of mothering as a means of social change.
The Covid-19 pandemic shed fresh light on a long-overlooked truth: mothering is among the only essential work humans do. In response to the increasing weight placed on mothers and caregiversand ...
From the acclaimed author ofLike a Mothercomes a reflection on the state of caregiving in America, and an exploration of mothering as a means of social change.
The Covid-19 pandemic shed fresh light on a long-overlooked truth: mothering is among the only essential work humans do. In response to the increasing weight placed on mothers and caregiversand ...
Description:NATIONAL BESTSELLER
From the acclaimed author ofLike a Mothercomes a reflection on the state of caregiving in America, and an exploration of mothering as a means of social change.
The Covid-19 pandemic shed fresh light on a long-overlooked truth: mothering is among the only essential work humans do. In response to the increasing weight placed on mothers and caregiversand the lack of a social safety net to support themwriter AngelaGarbes found herself pondering a vitalquestion: How, under our current circumstances thatleaveus lonely, exhausted, and financially strained, might we demand more from American family life?
InEssential Labor,Garbes explores assumptions about care, work, and deservedness, offering a deeply personal and rigorously reported look at what mothering is, and can be. A first-generation Filipino-American, Garbes shares the perspective of her family's complicated relationship to care work, placingmothering in a global contextthe invisible economic
From the acclaimed author ofLike a Mothercomes a reflection on the state of caregiving in America, and an exploration of mothering as a means of social change.
The Covid-19 pandemic shed fresh light on a long-overlooked truth: mothering is among the only essential work humans do. In response to the increasing weight placed on mothers and caregiversand the lack of a social safety net to support themwriter AngelaGarbes found herself pondering a vitalquestion: How, under our current circumstances thatleaveus lonely, exhausted, and financially strained, might we demand more from American family life?
InEssential Labor,Garbes explores assumptions about care, work, and deservedness, offering a deeply personal and rigorously reported look at what mothering is, and can be. A first-generation Filipino-American, Garbes shares the perspective of her family's complicated relationship to care work, placingmothering in a global contextthe invisible economic
| Autor | Garbes, Angela |
|---|---|
| Ilmumisaeg | 2022 |
| Köide | Kõvakaaneline |
| Bestseller | Ei |
| Lehekülgede arv | 256 |
| Pikkus | 217 |
| Laius | 217 |
| Keel | English |
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