Intimate Labors: Cultures, Technologies, and the Politics of Care
Rhacel Parreñas examines intimate labor through the intersecting lenses of culture, technology, and politics. This focused scholarly work considers care as a socially meaningful form of labor and invites readers to reflect on how caregiving is organized, understood, and shaped by broader cultural and political forces.
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Intimate Labors: Cultures, Technologies, and the Politics of Care explores the relationships among care, culture, technology, and politics.
Rhacel Parreñas focuses attention on intimate labor as a subject with social and political significance.
The book considers how caregiving and related forms of labor are shaped by cultural practices and technological change.
It offers readers a scholarly framework for thinking about the organization, meaning, and politics of care.
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