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Mothercoin : the stories of immigrant nannies

Call Number

  • 331.62 C9717 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Boston : Beacon Press, [2022]

Physical Description

xvii, 242 pages ; 24 cm

Summary

"Mothercoin is a nonfiction, story-driven consideration of immigrant nannies and contemporary motherhood in the US"--

Contents

  • Park benches
  • A toss of a coin
  • Motherland
  • Crossing over
  • The flip side
  • The nature of the job
  • Pregnant complications
  • Las patronas
  • Value proposition
  • Los niños
  • Love and labor
  • Telling stories
  • The brown mother beside me.

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