Scripts of Servitude : : Language, Labor Migration and Transnational Domestic Work /

Scripts of Servitude : : Language, Labor Migration and Transnational Domestic Work / / Beatriz P. Lorente.

This book examines how language is a central resource in transforming migrant women into transnational domestic workers. Focusing on the migration of women from the Philippines to Singapore, the book unpacks why and how language is embedded in the infrastructure of transnational labor migration that...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Complete eBook-Package 2017
VerfasserIn:
Lorente, Beatriz P.,
MitwirkendeR:
Kubota, Ryuko,
Morgan, Brian,
Pennycook, Alastair,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2017]
©2017
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Critical Language and Literacy Studies
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Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Series Editors' Preface
  • References
  • 1. Language and Transnational Domestic Workers
  • 2. The Making of 'Workers of the World': Language and the Labor Brokerage State
  • 3. Assembling the 'Supermaid': Language and Communication Skills for 'Vulnerable Occupations'
  • 4. Marketing Domestic Workers: Maid Agencies in Singapore
  • 5. The English-Speaking Other Looks Back
  • 6. Translating Selves: The Trajectories of Transnational Filipino Domestic Workers
  • 7. Conclusion
  • Appendices
  • References
  • Index

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