A job with no boundaries: home eldercare work in Italy

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

In recent years a number of important studies have explored the new international division of reproductive labor, but those works have concentrated, for the most part, on one end of the life cycle: nannies and childcare. This article focuses on the other end of it, home eldercare work. Jobs falling under this label encompass a variety of work situations but the title suggests a job that is more homogeneous than the occupation actually is. This article explores, through the narratives of the workers and the exploration of this 24-hour job, what it means to work as a home eldercare assistant.

Object Details

• Extent: Seite(n): 193-207
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: European Journal of Women's Studies, 14(3)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ; Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung ; Gerontologie, Alterssoziologie ; Migration

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Degiuli, Francesca
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Vereinigtes Königreich
• (when): 2007

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1350506807079010
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-225423
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:26 PM CEST