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582 - Regular Session. For Love and Money: Emotions and Economics in Caring Labor

Tue, August 19, 2:30 to 4:10pm, TBA

Session Submission Type: Paper Session

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Motivations for engaging in carework can be simultaneously intrinsic and extrinsic, affective and monetary, normative and transgressive. This session explores the multiple ways that care providers make sense of their work and accommodate its demands in sites ranging from nuclear and extended families to hospitals to the long-term care industry. It also explores the various costs of caring labor for individuals, groups and societies.

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