{"product_id":"9781324020301","title":"The Trafficker Next Door: How Household Employers Exploit Domestic Workers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Award-winning sociologist Rhacel Salazar Parreñas explains the warped psychology and perfectly legal practices that allow modern-day slavery to persist.”—Christine L. Williams, author of \u003cem\u003eGaslighted\u003c\/em\u003e and former president of the American Sociological Association\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA renowned sociologist examines the pernicious societal forces that lead employers to exploit vulnerable domestic workers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Kaya mo ba?” \u003cem\u003eCan you take it?\u003c\/em\u003e An instructor asks this of a group of migrant workers in the Philippines, as they prepare for domestic work in wealthier countries. \u003cem\u003eCan you take the grueling work?\u003c\/em\u003e “Kaya,” the women say. “We can.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe phrase “human trafficking” often conjures nightmarish images of sexual exploitation, but Rhacel Salazar Parreñas reveals that the vast majority of trafficking victims are domestic workers who suffer abuse not at the hands of shadowy crime lords but rather “ordinary” family employers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on twenty years of groundbreaking research across three continents, Parreñas exposes the grim realities faced by migrant workers ensnared in forced labor due to poverty and debt bondage. She uncovers how entrenched social and legal norms, coupled with a patronizing “employer savior complex,” foster a troubling sense of ownership among employers over “their” domestic workers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough powerful firsthand accounts—including harrowing stories of workers living in hot, windowless rooms, experiencing food deprivation, having their makeup, jewelry, and phones confiscated, and having their wages stolen—Parreñas illustrates the migrants’ desperation, and the power dynamics that lead to a global network of exploitation. Parreñas’s urgent narrative challenges readers to confront uncomfortable truths about everyday household arrangements and calls for justice and fair treatment for all workers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Norton, W. W. \u0026 Company, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42906047905853,"sku":"9781324020301","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781324020301_p0.jpg?v=1771568164","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781324020301","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}