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An Ethnography of Care Work Across Borders: Foreign Intimacy

An Ethnography of Care Work Across Borders: Foreign Intimacy

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Series: Anthropology and Health

Medical ReferencePublic HealthAnthropology

ISBN10: 1032521082
ISBN13: 9781032521084
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jan 30 2025
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.37 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This ground-breaking ethnography illuminates the theory and practice of aging in place by examining the relationships between migrant live-in care workers of older people in Israel, and their local employers and family members.

Daniella Arieli begins her investigation with a discussion of her own experiences of employing a care worker from overseas for her mother and sets this book in its interdisciplinary context, while looking at how best to promote the health and wellbeing of both family members and carers. The two central sections of the book focus on narratives of care workers and family members, respectively, with topics such as trust and suspicion, intimacy and abuse, ambivalence and ambiguity, transnational familial relationships, personal transformations, and cultural differences discussed.

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