The Maid's Daughter
Author | : Mary Romero |
Publisher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 2012-12-31 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781479814664 |
ISBN-13 | : 1479814660 |
Rating | : 4/5 (660 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Maid's Daughter written by Mary Romero and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2012-12-31 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Documents the story of a girl who grew up the daughter of a maid at the side of her mother's employer's children, drawing on 20 years of research to describe how she worked to resolve identity issues pertaining to her Mexican heritage and the privileged culture of her peers, in an account that also offers insight into the hidden costs of paid domestic labor in private households. By the author of Challenging Fronteras.