Maid to Order in Hong Kong : : Stories of Migrant Workers, Second Edition /

Maid to Order in Hong Kong : : Stories of Migrant Workers, Second Edition / / Nicole Constable.

Middle-class Chinese women in the global city of Hong Kong have entered the workforce in unprecedented numbers over the past three decades, and the demand for foreign domestic workers has soared. A decade ago some foretold the decline in foreign workers and the influx of mainland workers. But today...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Constable, Nicole,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2017]
©2010
Year of Publication:2017
Edition:Second Edition
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.) :; 1 table, 1 chart/graph, 13 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION
  • PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • 1. Foreign and Domestic in Hong Kong
  • 2. Global Themes and Local Patterns
  • 3. Superior Servants
  • 4. The Trade in Workers
  • 5. Household Rules and Relations
  • 6. Disciplined Migrants, Docile Workers
  • 7. Resistance and Protest
  • 8. Docility and Self-Discipline
  • 9. Pleasure and Power
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX

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