Monitoring Sweatshops: Workers, Consumers, and the Global Apparel Industry (review)

Abstract

been African American, newly arrived Hispanic, or struggling financially? Who now provides the respite care for such families? How is this experience lived out by same-sex couples estranged from any family support? How does this issue play out globally? The everydayness of the experiences of Gerber’s and Fuchs’s work offers some of the most fertile ground for feminist analysis within and outside of women’s studies courses. They offer for a wide range of courses a rich and meaningful way to analyze rigorously the role of dutiful daughter, the evolution of the U.S. health care system, and the complexity of family dynamics.