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- Title
Creating Community: Latina Nannies in a West Los Angeles Park.
- Authors
Armenta, Amada
- Abstract
Drawing on 1 year of ethnographic fieldwork in Los Angeles, this article examines how Latina nannies create workplace solidarity in a public park. This article reveals how nannies use public spaces in the neighborhoods in which they work to establish ties similar to co-worker relations in other settings. This paper demonstrates how nannies create a community at the park by incorporating park staff into their activities, reinforcing group values such as sharing and reciprocity, and distinguishing themselves from their employers. Adding to previous research which highlights the atomization and stigmatization that comes with domestic employment, this article shows how nannies create co-worker relationships that are buffers against unfavorable job conditions such as solitary work settings and unappreciative employers.
- Subjects
LOS Angeles (Calif.); CALIFORNIA; HISPANIC American women; HOUSEHOLD employees; WORK environment; SOLIDARITY; SOCIOLOGY of work; PUBLIC spaces &; society; EMPLOYMENT
- Publication
Qualitative Sociology, 2009, Vol 32, Issue 3, p279
- ISSN
0162-0436
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11133-009-9129-1