The Trafficker Next Door: How Household Employers Exploit Domestic Workers (Hardcover)
by Rhacel Salazar Parreñas
Description
Drawing 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.
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Through 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.
About the Author
Rhacel Salazar Parreñas is the Doris Stevens Professor in Women's Studies and professor of sociology and gender and sexuality studies at Princeton University. The award-winning author of three previous books on labor, exploitation, and human trafficking, she lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
Product Details
Category: Nonfiction
Language: English
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: New
ISBN-10: 132402030X
ISBN-13: 978-1324020301
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: September 02, 2025
Pages: 176
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