Mgr. et Mgr. Adéla Souralová, Ph.D.

Doctoral thesis

Vietnamese Immigrant Families and Czech Nannies: Mutual Dependency, Emotionality, and Kinship Ties in Caregiving

Vietnamese Immigrant Families and Czech Nannies: Mutual Dependency, Emotionality, and Kinship Ties in Caregiving
Abstract:
Některé vietnamské rodiny v České republice hledají české ženy na hlídání dětí. V kontextu zahraničních studií se jedná o unikátní příklad, kdy imigrantské rodiny poptávající chůvy z majority. Zároveň se jedná o celkem ojedinělý fenomén také v kontextu české společnosti, kde pouze 1-2 % rodiny s malými dětmi poptává soukromou péči. Předkládaná disertace se zaměřuje na to, jak je péče o děti chápána …more
Abstract:
Vietnamese families in the Czech Republic often recruit Czech women to look after their children. Put in the context of the dominant scholarship, this is quite unique case of care work in which the employers are immigrants, while the employees are women of the host country. At the same time, it is an exceptional child care solution in the context of the Czech Republic, where only 1-2% of population …more
 
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 23. 4. 2013

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 28. 6. 2013
  • Supervisor: prof. Steven Saxonberg, Ph.D.
  • Reader: prof. PhDr. Pavel Barša, Ph.D., Professor Ann Elise Widding Isaksen

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Masaryk University

Faculty of Social Studies

Doctoral programme / field:
Sociology (4-years) / Sociology