1st Edition
An Ethnography of Care Work Across Borders Foreign Intimacy
Acknowledgements
Section I
Introduction: What Is This Book About
01a. The Context of this Book
01b. How it all Began: Searching for a Care Worker for Mum
Section II
Care Workers
02a. Emily’s Miracle: The Hope for a Better Life
02b. Narashtra’s Secrets: Plans and Unexpected Changes
02c. Toma’s Journey to the Holy Land: Care Migration and Pilgrimage
02d. Linda’s Tears: On Humiliation and Abuse
02e. Marsha: Choices and the Lack of Choices
02f. Lucy, Lisa and the Limitationf of Freedom: Autonomy, Morality, and Control
02g. Luna and Cindy: Living on the Edges of the Law
02h. Davis’s Victory: Working Outside
Section III
Family Members
03a. Dubi and the Fight with Bureaucracy: The Overly-Successful Arrangement
03b. Eden’s Dilemmas: Morality and Dual Obligations
03c. Ella, Anna, and Ilana: On Expectations, Disappointments, and Vulnerability
03d. The Dispute between Eric and Lihi: One Family, Different Voices
03e. Helena’s Insomnia: Cold Interests, Guilty Feelings, and Tough Regulations
03f. Rachel Blows Up: Living on the Edge of Sanity
Section IV
Transnational Intimacies
4a. Rocky’s Wedding: An Essay about Co-presence
Section V
Two Ending Chapters
05a. Writing about Vulnerable Matters: Anthropological Journey at Home
05b. Conclusions: A Journey towards Empathy
Index
Biography
Daniella Arieli is a social anthropologist and an action researcher working at Emek Yezreel Academic College, Israel.
