Gendered Labour, Everyday Security and Migration
An Examination of Domestic Work and Domestic Workers' Experiences in Singapore and Hong Kong
- 200 pages
- English
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Gendered Labour, Everyday Security and Migration
An Examination of Domestic Work and Domestic Workers' Experiences in Singapore and Hong Kong
About this book
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. It examines the ways in which these women negotiate everyday security and safe work against the backdrop of affective employment relations and institutional structures of labour and migration law. It challenges the current emphasis on the language of exploitation and legal approaches to identifying, understanding and rectifying poor employment conditions for women migrant domestic workers.
This book addresses the limited research literature that examines the extent to which regulatory or criminal justice responses are relevant to, and utilised by, women migrant domestic workers in their everyday negotiation of safe work and offers a unique contribution to the field.
An accessible and compelling read, it will be of interest to researchers from across the fields of criminology, sociology, labour migration studies and women's studies.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Endorsements
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Series Editor Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction: Women Migrant Domestic Workers in Singapore and Hong Kong
- 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
- Index