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Exploring Doméstica: The Global Phenomenon of Domestic Labor

Dive into the intricate world of domestic work, from transnational motherhood to economic disparities, shedding light on the complexities of domestic labor in the global context of modern society.

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Exploring Doméstica: The Global Phenomenon of Domestic Labor

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  1. Announcements • Final Project Prep: • Tues, 4/30 – last day to join CARE Project • Fri, 5/10 – please send me a short email detailing who you are partnering with as well as some potential subjects you have identified for interview • May 1st March & Rally – 2pm meet-up @ Civic Center; Closing Rally 5pm @ Chicano Park • 5/13 – Reflection Paper #1 Due

  2. Doméstica Domestic Work in So Cal’s Global City

  3. public/private & global/local • New world domestic order • Novus ordoseclorum • Global cities = survival circuits + invisible domestic labor • Who performs reproductive labor and why? • Naturalized by gender & race • Home as site of intimacy & labor • Transnational motherhood • “To be a good mother, I had to leave my children”

  4. So Cal Survival Circuits • Los Angeles as global city • Deindustrialization = growing gap between rich and poor • Economic center of Pacific Rim = growing service economy • Pre-existing circuits of imperialism + Bracero Program+ MX economic crises  feminization of Mexican labor • Civil War + Military Insurrections  increased Central American immigration

  5. La Doméstica • Live-in nanny/housekeeper • Lack of boundaries, lowest wages • Most exploitative of newest immigrants – “the bridging occupation” • Food & dehumanization (Sotelo 35) • Live-out nanny/housekeeper • Clearer boundaries, relatively higher pay • Possibility for family life • Housecleaner • Higher hourly wages, shorter work week, flexibility • Constant cultivation of network & route of casas

  6. Informal Labor • Informal vs formal labor • Taxed and monitored by governmental agencies; subject to regulation and accountability • Informality of hiring practice  social networks, references and reputations • lack of official pay standardization • Decrease of wages with longer work tenure (83) • Withholding of information between employers (86) • lack of clarification of worker’s duties and employer responsibilities • Agencies = formalizing the informal for certain nannies (103) • Lack of clear etiquette for termination = blow ups & white lies

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