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The discourse of powerlessness and repression : life stories of domestic migrant workers in Hong Kong / Hans J. Ladegaard ; with photos by Gratiane de Moustier.
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Ladegaard, Hans J.
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English
Published/Created
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
©2017
Description
xi, 229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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HD6072.2.C62 H664 2017
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Women household employees
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China
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Hong Kong
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Migrant labor
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China
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Hong Kong
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Series
Routledge studies in sociolinguistics ; 11.
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Routledge studies in sociolinguistics ; 11
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Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and index.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Methodology and theoretical frameworks
Poverty and dependence : discourses of inferiority and social deprivation
Global servants and servants of god : sacrificial mothers, daughters and wives
The destructiveness of distance : unfaithful husbands and absent mothers
Trauma narratives : the destruction of self
"Us" and "them" : discourses of resistance, agency and peer support
Demonising the cultural "other" : depersonalisation and dehumanisation of domestic migrant workers
Research and social activism : working on, for and with domestic migrant workers
General discussion and conclusion
References
Index.
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ISBN
9781138640474 ((hardback))
1138640476 ((hardback))
LCCN
2016012301
OCLC
965479257
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