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The New American Servitude - Political Belonging among African Immigrant Home Care Workers (Paperback)
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The New American Servitude - Political Belonging among African Immigrant Home Care Workers (Paperback)
Series: Anthropologies of American Medicine: Culture, Power, and Practice
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Finalist, 2020 Elliott P. Skinner Award, given by the Association
of Africanist Anthropology Examines why African care workers feel
politically excluded from the United States Care for America's
growing elderly population is increasingly provided by migrants,
and the demand for health care labor is only expected to grow.
Because of this health care crunch and the low barriers to entry,
new African immigrants have adopted elder care as a niche
employment sector, funneling their friends and relatives into this
occupation. However, elder care puts care workers into racialized,
gendered, and age hierarchies, making it difficult for them to
achieve social and economic mobility. In The New American
Servitude, Coe demonstrates how these workers often struggle to
find a sense of political and social belonging. They are regularly
subjected to racial insults and demonstrations of power-and
effectively turned into servants-at the hands of other members of
the care worker network, including clients and their relatives,
agency staff, and even other care workers. Low pay, a lack of
benefits, and a lack of stable employment, combined with a lack of
appreciation for their efforts, often alienate them, so that many
come to believe that they cannot lead valuable lives in the United
States. While jobs are a means of acculturating new immigrants,
African care workers don't tend to become involved or politically
active. Many plan to leave rather than putting down roots in the
US. Offering revealing insights into the dark side of a burgeoning
economy, The New American Servitude carries serious implications
for the future of labor and justice in the care work industry.
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