Date of Award
Spring 4-20-2011
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Anthropology
First Advisor
Jennifer Patico
Second Advisor
Faidra Papavasiliou
Third Advisor
Cassandra White
Abstract
This thesis explores the work experiences and life histories of a group of Latina migrant women who work in specific sectors of the service industry in Atlanta, Georgia. I focus on janitorial/custodial as well as domestic labor in order to confront the social issue of the continued devaluation and exploitation of feminized wage work. This ethnography reveals how education and English proficiency tie into how migrant labor is viewed in the United States specifically, and asks how Latina migrant women might be able to achieve labor legitimacy in the future. My findings are based on in-depth interviews that I collected from ten Latina migrant women who live and work in the Atlanta metro-area.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/1956690
Recommended Citation
Case, Kaitlin E., "Labor and Identity: Latina Migrant Women and the Service Industry of Atlanta." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2011.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/1956690