The Backstage of the Care Economy Judaism and Arroz con Gandules

and Arroz con Gandules

Radi Bouchaib

While sticks and stones might break some bones

it's time to put her life back together

The Backstage of the Care Economy Judaism and Arroz con GandulesWhat is it like to care for another family, while yours remains in a different country? In today's capitalist society, migrant women performing care work in private households experience the painful tension of caring for both, often under precarious conditions. Characterised as the 'backstage' family, the carer's remote relationship with their loved ones at home is often purely digital, with the double dilemmas of migrant motherhood and stay behind