"Global Women"

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This paper examines the phenomenon of the globalization of the lives of women around the world and on the communities from which they came. It discusses the sociological and economic reasons for this migration. The paper also discusses the tone and writing style of the book. The author of the paper concludes with a personal opinion on the topic and the book itself.

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"The consequences of globalization on women, and of migrant women on existing social and economic institutions, are vast. Furthermore, the implications of women's migratory labor patterns affect receiving as well as sending countries. In "Love and Gold," Hochschild describes the trend as reflecting traditional, or more recognizable, forms imperialism. "That openly coercive, male-centered imperialism, which persists today, was always paralleled by a quieter imperialism in which women were more central," (26). Now that much of the developing world has already been plundered for its natural resources, female labor remains a vibrant and thriving economic frontier. Service professions, whether legal and legitimate like housekeeping and childcare or illegal and illegitimate like the sex trade, provide a bustling form of trade between first and third world nations."

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