My Mother Was a Kitchen Girl Mobilizing Strategies Among Domestic Workers
Sunita works in Saudi Arabia as a live-in domestic worker.¹ With the encouragement of employment agents who promised riches in return, she left her Indian village at the age of eight to support her family. Sunita arrived in Riyadh to meet her employer—a family of six with very strict cleanliness, fo...
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| Published in | Domestic Workers of the World Unite p. 141 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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United States
NYU Press
25.07.2017
New York University Press |
| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | Sunita works in Saudi Arabia as a live-in domestic worker.¹ With the encouragement of employment agents who promised riches in return, she left her Indian village at the age of eight to support her family. Sunita arrived in Riyadh to meet her employer—a family of six with very strict cleanliness, food, and ritual practices that soon defined her daily life. Her employers held Sunita’s passport, controlled her movements beyond the household, and relegated her to sleep in the kitchen. She had no means of reaching other domestic workers, until her passport was about to expire. Her employers took her |
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| ISBN: | 9781479848676 1479848670 |
| DOI: | 10.2307/j.ctt1ggjjk2.9 |