Scripts of servitude : language, labor migration and transnational domestic work

Beatriz P. Lorente

Language and transnational domestic workers -- The making of "workers of the world": language and the labor brokerage state -- Assembling the "supermaid": language and communication skills for "vulnerable occupations" -- Marketing domestic workers: maid agencies in Singapore -- The English-speaking Other looks back -- Translating selves: the trajectories of transnational Filipino domestic workers -- Conclusion

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Year of publication:	[2018]
Authors:	Lorente, Beatriz P.
Publisher:	Bristol : Multilingual Matters
Subject:	Hauspersonal \| Domestic workers \| Weibliche Arbeitskräfte \| Women workers \| Arbeitsmigranten \| Migrant workers \| Philippiner \| Filipinos \| Singapur \| Singapore \| Ausländischer Arbeitnehmer \| Filipina \| Fremdsprachenkenntnis
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Extent:	xvii, 176 Seiten Illustrationen
Series:	Critical language and literacy studies. - Bristol [u.a.] : Multilingual Matters, ZDB-ID 2515687-1. - Vol. 24
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:	978-1-78309-898-9 ; 978-1-78309-899-6 ; 978-1-78309-902-3
Other identifiers:	10.21832/LORENT8996 [DOI]
Classification:	Kulturelle Prozesse ; Sprachbeherrschung
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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