House-Girls Remember : : Domestic Workers in Vanuatu / / ed. by Margaret Rodman Critchlow, Jean Tarisesei, Lissant Bolton, Daniela Kraemer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UHP eBook Package 2000-2013
• HerausgeberIn: Bolton, Lissant,; Kraemer, Daniela,; Rodman Critchlow, Margaret,; Tarisesei, Jean,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2007]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (168 p.) :; 19 illus.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; Chapter 1. TANNA --; Chapter 2. PANGO, EFATE --; Chapter 3. NORTH EFATE --; Chapter 4. TONGOA --; Chapter 5. AMBRYM --; Chapter 6. MALAKULA --; Chapter 7. AMBAE --; Chapter 8. PENTECOST --; Chapter 9. BANKS --; Chapter 10. A VIETNAMESE ORPHAN IN A FRENCH HOUSEHOLD --; Chapter 11. HOUSE-GIRLS IN 2001 --; Conclusion --; References --; Index --; About th e Editors
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780824862879; 9783110564143; 9783110663259
• DOI: 10.1515/9780824862879
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Margaret Rodman Critchlow, Jean Tarisesei, Lissant Bolton, Daniela Kraemer.

Giving voice to the women who worked as maids-known as "house-girls" in the Pacific islands of Vanuatu-is the goal of this innovative work. The stories the women tell resonate with the experiences of domestic workers around the world; their histories contribute to theorizing intimacy and traveling culture; and their struggles with adverse working conditions help find solutions, which are outlined at the end of the book. In addition to contributions by the editors, workshop reports by eleven ni-Vanuatu women fieldworkers and ten others who spoke about their lives as house-girls are included. These reports detail ni-Vanuatu women's experiences as domestic workers during the colonial period. One chapter presents an elderly French woman's recollections of the Vietnamese orphan who grew up in her home and worked as a house-girl. Material from contemporary house-girls appears in a final chapter based on research conducted in Port Vila.