Journal Entry 1 by CandyDarling from Helsinki, Uusimaa Finland on Thursday, May 12, 2005

Book Description:
In a remarkable pairing, two renowned social critics offer a groundbreaking anthology that examines the unexplored consequences of globalization on the lives of women worldwide

Women are moving around the globe as never before. But for every female executive racking up frequent flier miles, there are multitudes of women whose journeys go unnoticed. Each year, millions leave Mexico, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, and other third world countries to work in the homes, nurseries, and brothels of the first world. This broad-scale transfer of labor associated with women's traditional roles results in an odd displacement. In the new global calculus, the female energy that flows to wealthy countries is subtracted from poor ones, often to the detriment of the families left behind. The migrant nanny--or cleaning woman, nursing care attendant, maid--eases a "care deficit" in rich countries, while her absence creates a "care deficit" back home.

Confronting a range of topics, from the fate of Vietnamese mail-order brides to the importation of Mexican nannies in Los Angeles and the selling of Thai girls to Japanese brothels, Global Woman offers an unprecedented look at a world shaped by mass migration and economic exchange on an ever-increasing scale. In fifteen vivid essays-- of which only four have been previously published-- by a diverse and distinguished group of writers, collected and introduced by bestselling authors Barbara Ehrenreich and Arlie Russell Hochschild, this important anthology reveals a new era in which the main resource extracted from the third world is no longer gold or silver, but love. 

Journal Entry 2 by CandyDarling from Helsinki, Uusimaa Finland on Friday, May 13, 2005

Finland-only bookring:

1. dotdot
2. Droidy
3. Kaisa64
4. Kaisabr
5. tirppis
6. Myntti
7. Margih
8. Libahunt 

Journal Entry 3 by dotdot from Helsinki, Uusimaa Finland on Tuesday, July 12, 2005

I thought first to let somebody else read this before me, but the book was left on the table at meet-up tonight. So I took it home. Thank you, CandyDarling.

Edit 3.8.2005: I saw this title on sale today and bought a copy of my own. This one can continue it's journey.
Edit 5.8.2005: Droidy will pick the book up on the 15th of August. 

Journal Entry 4 by Droidy from Vantaa, Uusimaa Finland on Tuesday, August 16, 2005

Picked the book up today, and since this is a ring, I will place this high on my reading list. 

Journal Entry 5 by kaisa64 from Helsinki, Uusimaa Finland on Friday, September 23, 2005

I got the book as a part of a bookring. Thank you Droidy and everyone else involved :) I already started reading and the book seems very interesting. I'll put it on the top of my reading list. 

Journal Entry 6 by kaisa64 from Helsinki, Uusimaa Finland on Sunday, October 09, 2005

The "articles" in this book we're mostly about things I had never before even thought. I'm happy that I got a chance to read it and it really gave me a lot to think about. As Droidy said when I picked up the book, it was somewhat repetitive. Still I found most of it very interesting.

I will now give the book to Kaisabr. 

Journal Entry 7 by kaisabr from Helsinki, Uusimaa Finland on Tuesday, October 11, 2005

I got this book yesterday from kaisa64. I´ll start reading it as soon as I finish the book I´m reading now. 

Journal Entry 8 by tirppis on Friday, March 17, 2006

I got the book yesterday from kaisabr. I have two bookrings in line, I'll read them first and try to get to this one as soon as possible... 

Journal Entry 9 by tirppis at Kampin terminaalin kierrätyshylly in Helsinki, Uusimaa Finland on Saturday, March 27, 2010

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