Scripts of servitude
Subtitle: language, labor migration and transnational domestic work
By: Beatriz P. Lorente
Series: Critical language and literacy studies -- 24; Critical language and literacy studies
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781783098996; 9781783098989
Subjects: Language and languages; Women foreign workers; Language; Filipino Foreign workers; English language; Women household employees
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-169) and index.
Table of contents: title: Language and transnational domestic workers; title: The making of 'workers of the world' : language and the labor brokerage state; title: Assembling the 'supermaid' : language and communication skills for 'vulnerable occupations'; title: Marketing domestic workers : maid agencies in Singapore; title: The English-speaking Other looks back; title: Translating selves : the trajectories of transnational Filipino domestic workers; title: Conclusion.