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Negotiating mothering and caring in an inflexible paid work environment
— a case study of older garment workers | | Author(s) | Julie Ann McMullin |
| Journal title | Hallym International Journal of Aging, vol 4, no 2, 2002 |
| Pages | pp 141-160 |
| Keywords | Women as carers ; Employees ; Clothing and footwear industries ; Case studies ; Canada. |
| Annotation | This study examines how the processes of production, reproduction and distribution are interrelated in their influence on the mothering and caring obligations of young and middle-aged women. The study draws on a case study of garment workers in Montreal, Canada, and their experiences of caring and parenting in the context of paid employment. The inflexibility of their work and gendered ideologies about mothering and caring constrain the choices available to these mothers as they negotiate their care responsibilities. Many adult children move back into their parents' home, with mothers continuing to provide children with domestic and financial help. For adult daughters, caring for older parents is also an issue during mid-life, but often relationships between older mothers and their middle-aged daughters are characterised by reciprocity. Finally, the family care responsibilities of childless women are perceived as less significant and demanding than those of mothers. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-031120205 A |
| Classmark | P6:SH: WK: XFD: 69P: 7S |
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