In chronicling the history of intimate labor in light of the rise and devolution of welfare states womens workforce participation family formation the expansion of sex work into new industries and the development of institutions for dependent people this wide ranging reader advances debates over the relationship between care and economy. In e boris r s parrenas eds intimate labors cultures technologies and the politics of care stanford calif stanford social sciences on affective and emotional labor in . Eileen boris and rhacel salazar parrenass intimate labors cultures technologies and the politics of care is an excellent read and resource for those of us in the field of labor studies i highly recommend this book to anyone engaged in organizing and educating care workers it is well written is thought provoking and challenges us to understand the definition of intimate labor and . Intimate labors cultures technologies and the politics of care ed by eileen boris and rhacel salazar parrenas stanford university press stanford cal 2010 . Eileen boris and rhacel salazar parrenass intimate labors cultures technologies and the politics of care is an excellent read and resource for those of us in the field of labor studies i highly recommend this book to anyone engaged in organizing and educating care workers