Au Pairs’ Lives in Global Context

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 ‘Pink Slave’ or the ‘Modern Young Woman’? A History of the Au Pair in Britain

Chapter 3 ‘Good Families’ and the Shadows of Servitude: Au Pair Gossip and Norms of Au Pair Employment

Chapter 4 When Work Doesn’t Pay: Outcomes of a Deregulated Childcare Market and Au Pair Policy Vacuum in the UK

Chapter 5 Migrant Domestic Workers, the National Minimum Wage and the ‘Family Worker’ Concept

Chapter 6 In a Minefield of Transnational Social Relations: Filipino Au Pairs between Moral Obligations and Personal Ambitions

Chapter 7 Bane and Boon; Gains and Pains; Dos and Don’ts. .. Moral Economy and Female Bodies in Au Pair Migration

Chapter 8 ‘It’s Not Much’: Affective (Boundary) Work in the Au Pair Scheme

Chapter 9 Au Pairs in Norway: Experiences from an Outreach Project

Chapter 10 Ethnicity and the Au Pair Experience: Latin American Au Pairs in Marseille, France

Chapter 11 Part of the Family? Experiences of Au Pairs in Ireland

Chapter 12 Hiding in Plain Sight — Au Pairs in Australia

Chapter 13 The Cosmopolitan Dilemma: Fantasy, Work and the Experiences of Mexican Au Pairs in the USA

Chapter 14 ’she Doesn’t Think It Will Work Out’: Why Au Pairs in the USA Leave Their Host Family Early

Chapter 15 Conclusion: When is a Worker Not a Worker? Tackling the Contradictions of Au Pairing