The Discourse of Powerlessness and Repression: Life stories of domestic migrant workers in Hong Kong
Author:   Hans J. Ladegaard (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367375942


Pages:   230
Publication Date:   26 September 2019
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Hans J. Ladegaard (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367375942


ISBN 10:   036737594
Pages:   230
Publication Date:   26 September 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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1. Introduction 2. Methodology and Theoretical Frameworks 3. Poverty and Dependence: Discourses of Inferiority and Social Deprivation 4. Global Servants and Servants of God: Sacrificial Mothers, Daughters and Wives 5. The Destructiveness of Distance: Unfaithful Husbands and Absent Mothers 6. Trauma Narratives: The Destruction of Self 7. ‘Us’ and ‘Them’: Discourses of Resistance, Agency and Peer Support 8. Demonising the Cultural Other: Depersonalisation and Dehumanisation of Foreign Domestic Helpers 9. Research and Social Activism: Working On, For and With Domestic Migrant Workers 10. Conclusion

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Hans J. Ladegaard is Professor and Head of the Department of English, at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

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