In part, the story of taxol is a story of linear progression, one in which taxol begins as a tree and ends up as a chemotherapy agent. Rhacel salazar parrenas is professor of sociology and gender studies at the. This article examines the politics of reproductive labor in globalization. The servants of globalization is an interdisciplinary study that illustrates migrant filipinoa domestic workers. The ones marked may be different from the article in the profile. The case of filipina and indonesian female servants in malaysia. Servants of globalization remains the defining work on the international division of reproductive labor. In her book servants of globalization, parrenas, an affiliate of the center for working families at the university of cali forma, berkeley, tells an important and dis quieting story of what she calls rhe globalization of mothertng. If you have access to a journal via a society or association membership, please browse to your society journal, select an article to view, and follow the instructions in this box. Women, migration and domestic work by rhacel salazar parrenas r. Using the case of migrant filipina domestic workers, the author presents the formation of a threetier transfer of reproductive labor in globalization between the following groups of women. Thousands of children now grow up apart from one or both parents, as the parents are forced to work outside the country in order to send their children to school, give them access to quality health care, or, in some cases, just provide them with.
The servants of globalization discourse underscores a common argument that exists in most feminist literature on migrant female domestic workers. With this second edition, rhacel salazar parrenas returns. Women and domestic work salazar parrenass servants of globalization servants of globalization. Parrenas is the author of servants of globalization. Article information, pdf download for servants of globalization. Servants of globalization, while examining how global restructuring has shaped the formation of the filipina female labor diaspora and how social networks have maintained the continual flow of filipino migration, it does not fall into the pitfall of structural determinism. Feminist collections servants of globalization is a wonderful but troubling book that is bound to impact future studies on migration, domestic work, and the family. Pdf patterns of transnational migration have undergone rapid and dramatic shifts as a result of changes in the.
Rhacel salazar parrenas professor of sociology and gender studies. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Servants of globalization offers a groundbreaking study of migrant filipino domestic workers who. In the philippines, a dramatic increase in labor migration has created a large population of transnational migrant families. Her areas of research include labor, migration, transnational feminism, economic sociology, gender and the family. Women, migration, and domestic work by rhacel salazar parrenas servants of globalization. In her forthcoming book servants of globalization, parrenas, an affiliate of the center for working families at the university of california, berkeley, tells an important and disquieting story of what she calls the globalization of mothering. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Rhacel salazar parrenas, servants of globalization. Servants of globalization offers a groundbreaking study of migrant filipino domestic workers who leave their own families behind to do the caretaking work of the global economy. Access to society journal content varies across our titles. Deeply grounded in the real experiences of some of the most invisible workers, it provides critical, unique perspectives on the changing nature of work and gender in our economy.
Caregiver program, rhacel parrenas 2001 refers to these migrant womenas well as to those who work in noncanadian geographic regionsas servants of globalization. Women, migration, and reconfiguration of migrant families from nuclear to domestic work. Economic geography through the lens of transnational migration rachel silvey introduction the global woman is a central. Pdf women and domestic work salazar parrenass servants. Indeed, transnational migrant women workers have played increasingly prominent roles. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. Servants of globalization rhacel salazar parrenas bok. Summary of servants of globalization 1022 words 5 pages. Servants of globalization is a poignant and often troubling study of migrant filipina. Servants of globalization is an ambitious, important, and broadreaching study of the way in which the lives of filipina domestic workers in italy and the united states are affected by and interwoven with broader patterns of global capitalism and transnationalism. This includes the main books that we are reading this quarter. Servants of globalization is a foundational text that has shaped our understanding of the role of domestic work in the globalized world economy. Women, migration and domestic work, stanford, stanford university press, 309 pp.
Employment services bes were later merged to form the philippines. Pdf the effect of globalization on local industries. Download fulltext pdf intimate labour and social justice. Servants of globalization can be used for introductory courses in labor studies, womens studies, or ethnicity in the united states. Since its initial publication, the book has informed countless students and scholars and set the research agenda on labor migration and transnational families. Further, she examines how filipina domestic workers, as subjects.
Bangladesh department of public administration, university of chittagong, bangladesh a available received th december abstract the paper analyses the extent of politicization of bureaucracy in bangladesh and its underlying impact on the quality of the good governance. Contributing to a growing literature on gendered migration and the filipino diaspora, rhacel salazar parrenas. She previously taught at brown university, the university of california, davis and the university of wisconsinmadison. Globalization theories world systems theory wallerstein 1974 coreperiphery critique of world systemsgives no agency to peripheral nations and homogenizes both core and periphery nations, glosses the complexity of relationships between nations wolf 1982 1990s scholars argued the decline of the nation state due. Studies in social justice is grateful for financial support from the social justice research institute. Migration jims volume 10, number 1, 2016 107 consideration gender inequalities and ideologies in sending and in receiving countries, and their interandcorrelation in transnational context, racial hierarchies. In part, however, the story of taxol is a story of simultaneity, one in which taxols identities are produced simultaneously, in nonidentical ways, within different actornetworks. Migrant filipina domestic workers and the international. Pdf the globalization of transnational labor migration and the. All course readings are available on ecommons in pdf form. Women, migration, and domestic work 2001, stanford university press, children of global migration 2005, stanford university press, asian. Servants of globalization is a poignant and often troubling study of migrant filipina domestic workers who leave their own families behind to do the mothering and caretaking work of the global economy in countries throughout the world.