Disposable Domestics: Immigrant Women Workers in the Global Economy.

• Author: Ramares, Kellia
• Position: Brief Article

Disposable Domestics: Immigrant Women Workers in the Global Economy by Grace Chang Foreword by Mimi Abramovitz South End Press. 235 pages. $18.00.

Disposable Domestics shows us how the feminization of poverty is being globalized. Poor women of the Third World don't immigrate voluntarily, Chang explains, but from necessity. They follow the flow of resources out of their countries to the First World, where they become exploitable commodities. Denied citizen and worker rights, they are disposed of when no longer needed.

The exploitation of immigrant women today follows past patterns of discrimination against male immigrants, especially the Chinese and the "Bracero" farm workers, Chang...