Shadow mothers [electronic resource] : nannies, au pairs, and the micropolitics of mothering / Cameron Lynne Macdonald.

Introduction: childcare on trial
Mother-employers: blanket accountability at home and at work
Nannies on the market
"They're too poor and they all smoke": ethnic logics and childcare hiring decisions
Managing a home-centered childhood: intensive mothering by proxy
Creating shadow mothers
The "third-parent" ideal
Nanny resistance strategies
Partnerships: seeking a new model
Untangling the mother-nanny knot.