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Learning to care
— work experiences and identity formation among African immigrant care workers in the US | | Author(s) | Fumilayo Showers |
| Journal title | International Journal of Care and Caring, vol 2, no 1, February 2018 |
| Publisher | Policy Press, February 2018 |
| Pages | pp 7-25 |
| Source | http://policypress.co.uk/journals/international-jo... |
| Keywords | Black African ; Immigrants ; Employment ; Attitude ; Personality ; Care home staff ; Care support workers ; Qualitative Studies ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Drawing from ethnographic data, this article investigates the work experiences of a group of African immigrants in the US care industry. By highlighting their strategies for coping with their entry into care work, the article presents the realities of professional, yet downwardly mobile, immigrants who care for vulnerable, minority ethnic populations. It extends the focus on gender, which has been central to the literature on migration and care work, to argue that migrant care workers' identity formation processes are shaped by their racial class location, the contexts within which their work takes place, and the specific care needs of care recipients. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180406200 A |
| Classmark | TKF: TJ: WJ: DP: DK: QRM: QRS: 3DP: 7T |
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