
Nanny Families
Practices of Care by Nannies, Au Pairs, Parents and Children in Sweden
- 184 pages
- English
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Nanny Families
Practices of Care by Nannies, Au Pairs, Parents and Children in Sweden
About this book
Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence
Paying privately for childcare is a growing phenomenon worldwide, a trend mirrored in Sweden despite the prevalence there of publicly funded daycare. This book combines theories of family practices, care and childhood studies with the personal perspectives of nannies, au pairs, parents and children to provide new understandings of what constitutes care in nanny families.
The authors investigate the ways in which all the participants experience the caring situation, and expose the possibilities and problems of nanny and au pair care. Their study illuminates the ways in which paid domestic care workers 'do' family and care; in doing so, it contributes to wider political and scientific discussions of inequalities at the global and local level, reproduced in and between families, in the context of rapidly changing welfare states.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction: Nannies, Au Pairs, Parents and Children in Sweden
- 2. Researching Families and Paid Domestic Care
- 3. Parents Employing Nannies and Au Pairs
- 4. Nannies and Au Pairs Doing Care
- 5. Children’s Narratives of Nanny and Au Pair Care
- 6. Caring Complexities: Care Situations and Ambiguous Expectations
- 7. Conclusion: Doing Nanny Families
- Notes
- References