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Maid to order in Hong Kong : stories of migrant workers

Title
Maid to order in Hong Kong : stories of migrant workers / Nicole Constable.
Author
Constable, Nicole.
Publication
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007.

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Description
xxvi, 242 p., [7] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Cornell paperbacks
Subject
  • Women household employees > China > Hong Kong
  • Foreign workers, Filipino > China > Hong Kong
  • Foreign workers, Indonesian > China > Hong Kong
  • Filipinos > Employment > China > Hong Kong
  • Indonesians > Employment > China > Hong Kong
  • Women Foreign workers > China > Hong Kong
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-233) and index.
Contents
Foreign and domestic in Hong Kong -- Global themes and local patterns -- Superior servants -- The trade in workers -- Household rules and relations -- Disciplined migrants, docile workers -- Resistance and protest -- Docility and self-discipline -- Pleasure and power.
Call Number
JFE 08-646
ISBN
  • 9780801446474 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0801446473 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780801473234 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0801473233 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2007013550
OCLC
123390909
Author
Constable, Nicole.
Title
Maid to order in Hong Kong : stories of migrant workers / Nicole Constable.
Imprint
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007.
Edition
2nd ed.
Series
Cornell paperbacks
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-233) and index.
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JFE 08-646
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