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The outsourcing of domestic work in the UK has been steadilyrising since the 1970s, but there has been little research which hasconsidered white British women working as independent cleaningservice-providers. A cross-cultural analysis of two particular social contexts (one withinthe UK and one within India) based on new research argues thatoutsourced domestic cleaning can be undertaken either as work(using mental and manual skills) or as labour (usually defined asunskilled, 'natural' women's work) depending on the social contextand working conditions.  The book challenges feminist dogma andpopular myths about housework. 

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9781529201468

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Brilliant and thought-provoking, this much needed book takes up the challenge to compare two realities treated so far as 'worlds apart'.'' Sabrina Marchetti, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

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Lotika Singha received her doctorate in women's studies from the University of York. Her research interests centre on social inequalities in everyday life and cross-cultural theories across various population groups.

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