RT Book
T1 The discourse of powerlessness and repression: life stories of domestic migrant workers in Hong Kong
T2 Routledge studies in sociolinguistics
JF Routledge studies in sociolinguistics
A1 Ladegaard, Hans J.
A2 Moustier, Gratiane de
LA English
PP London New York
PB Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
YR 2017
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/866160167
AB 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
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN HD6072.2.C62
SN 9781138640474
K1 Women household employees : China : Hong Kong
K1 Migrant labor : China : Hong Kong