The discourse of powerlessness and repression life stories of domestic migrant workers in Hong Kong
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 absen...
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2017
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| Schriftenreihe: | Routledge studies in sociolinguistics
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | 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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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | xi, 229 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781138640474 978-1-138-64047-4 |