Who cares?

(Ageing, Care and Migration)

Authors

  • Petra Ezzeddine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14712/12128112.3445

Keywords:

Migration, gender, domestic work, care

Abstract

The Czech Republic is in the process of transforming its social system which is not capable of managing adequate care of its old citizens. In the last years we have witnessed an increase in the number of mediating agencies that import mainly Ukranian migrants for the purpose of engaging them in care work focusing on elderly people. The paper presents results of pilot ethnograpic research and focuses on commodification of care work for elderly people and the vulnerable character of domestic care work provided by Ukrainian female migrants in the Czech Republic. I argue that this specific “product” – the Ukrainian female caregiver – is based on the intersections of gender, ethnicity and migration.

Author Biography

Petra Ezzeddine

is a social anthropologist. She lectures at the Department of Anthropology and Gender Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University in Prague. She teaches courses in anthropology of migration, gender in migration, anthropology of family and methodological courses. Her research deals with gender aspects of migration, transnational forms of parenthood, the globalization of care for children and the elderly and female migrant domestic workers. She is a member of the editorial board of the academic journal Cargo and the Journal of Human Affairs. She works closely with several Czech and Slovak non governmental organizations on migration issues.

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Published

2014-07-01

How to Cite

Ezzeddine, P. (2014). Who cares? (Ageing, Care and Migration). Lidé města, 16(2), 219-237. https://doi.org/10.14712/12128112.3445

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 2 (2014)

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