The discourse of powerlessness and repression : life stories of domestic migrant workers in Hong Kong / Hans J. Ladegaard ; with photos by Gratiane de Moustier.

Author
Ladegaard, Hans J. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
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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    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.
    ISBN
    • 9781138640474 ((hardback))
    • 1138640476 ((hardback))
    LCCN
    2016012301
    OCLC
    965479257
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