This article examines maternalism in the Czech Republic, by exploring how waged and unwaged forms of caring work have been framed through discourses of women’s innately caring nature in late twentieth century. Present day hospital volunteering programs, which bring female, lay volunteers onto hospital wards to provide unwaged care to patients, are inscribed by maternalist tropes historically associated with domestic work and family care, rather than the neutral expertise associated with female waged care workers in public, institutional settings. The article assesses the contemporary reinvention of maternalist discourses and their capacity to mobilise unwaged caring labour.

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关怀价值观和关怀的价值：捷克共和国的妇女、母性和关怀工作

本文探讨了捷克共和国的母性主义，通过探讨二十世纪后期女性与生俱来的关怀天性的话语是如何构建有薪和无薪的照顾工作形式的。当今的医院志愿服务项目将女性、非专业志愿者带到医院病房为患者提供无薪护理，这是历史上与家务和家庭护理相关的母性主义比喻，而不是与公共场合女性有薪护理工作者相关的中立专业知识，机构设置。这篇文章评估了当代对母性话语的改造及其动员无工资照料劳动的能力。