Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-9-2012
Department
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies
Abstract
In this article I explore the issue of nursing status in Kerala, India and how over time a colonial discourse of caste‐based pollution has given way to a discourse of sexual pollution under expanding migratory opportunities. Based on survey and qualitative research findings, I caution that the improving occupational status of nursing in India is not directly mapped onto social status, and this is particularly evident in the matrimonial market. In the light of these findings I argue that global nursing care chain (GNCC) analysis must assess more than just workplace contexts in order to conceptualize how global care chains (GCCs) interlock, and how they are differentiated from each other.
Recommended Citation
Margaret Walton-Roberts. Contextualizing the Global Nursing Care Chain: International Migration and the Status of Nursing in Kerala, India, Global Networks 12, 2 (175–194), (2012). https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0374.00012
Comments
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Margaret Walton-Roberts. Contextualizing the Global Nursing Care Chain: International Migration and the Status of Nursing in Kerala, India, Global Networks 12, 2 (175–194), (2012), which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0374.00012. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.