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Drawing on original empirical research from Singapore and Hong Kong, Gendered Labour, Everyday Security and Migration interrogates women migrant domestic workers' experiences of work and workplace exploitation.

Sommario

1.Introduction 2.Women Migrant Domestic Workers in the Home:Tensions Surrounding Intimacy and Labour 3.Gender, Exploitation and Everyday Security 4.Women Migrant Domestic Workers and the Everyday Home Workplace 5.Negotiating Everyday Work and Help-Seeking 6.Rethinking Gendered Labour Exploitation and Safe Work 7.Conclusion

Info autore

Shih Joo Tan is a Postdoctoral Researcher with Monash University’s Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre, Australia. Her research is interdisciplinary and focuses on gender violence, women’s migration and temporary labour exploitation, and the intersections of temporary migration and family violence.

Riassunto

Drawing on original empirical research from Singapore and Hong Kong, Gendered Labour, Everyday Security and Migration interrogates women migrant domestic workers’ experiences of work and workplace exploitation.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Shih Joo Tan
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2022
• EAN: 9781032168012
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3216801-2
• Pagine: 214
• Serie: Routledge Studies in Criminal Justice, Borders and Citizenship
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto internazionale, diritto degli stranieri; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, LAW / Labor & Employment, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, LAW / Emigration & Immigration, Hong Kong, LAW / Gender & the Law, Singapore, Migration, immigration & emigration, Gender & the law, Migration, immigration and emigration, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Employment & Labour Law, Law and society, gender issues, Employment and labour law: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies