Migrant Workers Narratives of Return - Alienation and Identity Transformations

Drawing on a corpus of 113 narratives told by migrant workers who have returned to their home country, Ladegaard details Indonesian and Filipina (domestic) migrant workers' experiences of homecoming after years of work abroad, separated from their loved ones.

Sommario

1. Setting the scene 2. How and Why: A Dash of Theory and Methodology 3. Struggling to Reconnect: Identity Transformations 4. Haunted by Ghosts: Remembering Trauma 5. Spurning Exploitation: The Empowered Migrant Worker 6. Sinking and Drowning, or Surviving and Thriving 7. Reflexivity and Social Activism in Migrant Worker Research 8. Summary and Concluding Remarks

Info autore

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

Riassunto

Drawing on a corpus of 113 narratives told by migrant workers who have returned to their home country, Ladegaard details Indonesian and Filipina (domestic) migrant workers’ experiences of homecoming after years of work abroad, separated from their loved ones.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Hans J. Ladegaard, Hans J. (The Hong Kong Polytechnic Univ Ladegaard, Ladegaard Hans J.
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 18.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032202815
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3220281-5
• Pagine: 156
• Serie: Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Etnologia > Etnologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Discourse Analysis, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, Anthropology, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, South East Asia, Sociolinguistics, Migration, immigration & emigration, Regional Studies, Migration, immigration and emigration, Regional / International studies, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics