Maid to order in Hong Kong
Subtitle: stories of migrant workers
By: Nicole Constable.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801446474; 9780801473234
Subjects: Women domestics -- China -- Hong Kong; Alien labor, Philippine -- China -- Hong Kong; Alien labor, Indonesian -- China -- Hong Kong; Filipinos -- Employment -- China -- Hong Kong; Indonesians -- Employment -- China -- Hong Kong; Women alien labor -- China -- Hong Kong
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreign and domestic in Hong Kong; title: Global themes and local patterns; title: Superior servants; title: The trade in workers; title: Household rules and relations; title: Disciplined migrants, docile workers; title: Resistance and protest; title: Docility and self-discipline; title: Pleasure and power.