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Forced To Care offers a critical historical analysis of caregiving labor in America, exploring how coercion has been embedded in the very structure of care work. Evelyn Nakano Glenn traces the evolution of caregiving from slavery and indentured servitude through contemporary practices, demonstrating how vulnerable populations—particularly women of color—have been systematically compelled into care roles.
Glenn examines the intersection of race, class, and gender in shaping caregiving arrangements, revealing how economic systems and social policies have perpetuated dependency and exploitation. The book challenges assumptions about care as voluntary labor and exposes the historical roots of current inequalities in domestic and institutional care work.
This essential work provides crucial context for understanding modern care crises and labor disparities, offering insights into how past injustices continue to influence contemporary caregiving relationships and policy debates.
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