LEADER 04058nam 2200649Ia 450 001 996199873303316 005 20230422044306.0 010 $a1-134-65565-7 010 $a0-203-26344-8 010 $a1-280-05660-6 010 $a0-203-45250-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000250209 035 $a(EBL)180251 035 $a(OCoLC)229988297 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000297285 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11224580 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000297285 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10347015 035 $a(PQKB)10808719 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC180251 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000250209 100 $a19990107d1999 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aGender, migration, and domestic service$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Janet Henshall Momsen 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d1999 215 $a1 online resource (328 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge international studies of women and place ;$v1 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-51054-6 311 $a0-415-19067-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; GENDER, MIGRATION AND DOMESTIC SERVICE; Copyright; CONTENTS; TABLES; FIGURES; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; 1 MAIDS ON THE MOVE; Part I NORTH AMERICA; 2 IS THIS CANADA?: Domestic workers' experiences in Vancouver, BC; 3 JAMAICAN DOMESTICS, FILIPINA HOUSEKEEPERS AND ENGLISH NANNIES: Representations of Toronto's foreign domestic workers; 4 MAKING MAIDS: United States immigration policy and immigrant domestic workers; Part II SOUTH AMERICA; 5 RACE AND DOMESTIC SERVICE: Migration and identity in Ecuador; 6 TRANSCENDING GENDERED BOUNDARIES: Migration for domestic labour in Chile; Part III EUROPE 327 $a7 OVERSEAS DOMESTIC WORKERS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: Invisible women8 THE ROLE OF ETHNICITY IN SHAPING THE DOMESTIC EMPLOYMENT SECTOR IN BRITAIN; 9 CINDERELLA NEED NOT APPLY: A study of paid domestic work in Paris; 10 DOMESTIC WORK ABROAD: A necessity and an opportunity for rural women from the Goris?ka borderland region of Slovenia; Part IV AFRICA; 11 'HOME IS WHERE THE CHILDREN ARE': A qualitative study of migratory domestic workers in Mmotla village, South Africa; 12 WORKING IN THE CITY: The case of migrant women in Swaziland's domestic service sector; Part V ASIA 327 $a13 INTERLINKING TRAJECTORIES: Migration and domestic work in India14 MAIDS IN SPACE: Gendered domestic labour from Sri Lanka to the Middle East; 15 'LEARNING THE WAYS OF THE PRIYAYI': Domestic servants and the mediation of modernity in Jakarta, Indonesia; 16 FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPERS IN HONG KONG AND THEIR ROLE IN CHILDCARE PROVISION; 17 SINGAPORE WOMEN AND FOREIGN DOMESTIC WORKERS: Negotiating domestic work and motherhood; CONCLUSION: Future trends and trajectories; INDEX 330 $aThis book examines a wide range of migration patterns which have arisen, and exposes the tensions and difficulties including: * legal and empowerment issues * cultural and language diversities and barriers * the impact of live-in employment. The book features case studies taken from Europe, South and North America, the Caribbean, Asia, and Africa and uses original fieldwork using quantitative and qualitative methods. 410 0$aRoutledge international studies of women and place ;$v1. 606 $aWomen household employees$vCase studies 606 $aWomen foreign workers$vCase studies 606 $aWomen immigrants$vCase studies 606 $aEmigration and immigration law 615 0$aWomen household employees 615 0$aWomen foreign workers 615 0$aWomen immigrants 615 0$aEmigration and immigration law. 676 $a331.4/8164046 701 $aMomsen$b Janet Henshall$0148741 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996199873303316 996 $aGender, migration, and domestic service$92141376 997 $aUNISA