Unfree: Migrant Domestic Work in Arab States

by Rhacel Salazar Parreas and Rhacel Salazar Parreñas

Book Overview

A stirring account of the experiences of migrant domestic workers, and what freedom, abuse, and power mean within a vast contract labor system.

In the United Arab Emirates, there is an employment sponsorship system known as the kafala. Migrant domestic workers within it must solely work for their employer, secure their approval to leave the country, and obtain their consent to terminate a job. In Unfree, Rhacel Salazar Parre?as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503629651
• ISBN13: 9781503629653
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.8"