Maid to Order in Hong Kong Stories of Migrant Workers, Second Edition

Name: Maid to Order in Hong Kong Stories of Migrant Workers, Second Edition
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ISBN: 9780801473234

ISBN-10: 0801473233

ISBN-13: 9780801473234

Edition: 2nd 2010 (Revised)

Authors: Nicole Constable

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Middle-class Chinese women in the global city of Hong Kong have entered the workforce in unprecedented numbers over the past three decades, and the demand for foreign domestic workers has soared. A decade ago some foretold the decline in foreign workers and the influx of mainland workers. But today over 120,000 women from the Philippines, over 90,000 from Indonesia, and thousands more from other parts of South and Southeast Asia serve as maids on two-year contracts in Hong Kong, sending much needed remittances to their families abroad. Nicole Constable tells their story by updating Maid to Order in Hong Kong with a focus on the major changes that have taken place since Hong Kong's…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 10/2/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Preface to the Second Edition


Preface to the First Edition


Abbreviations



Foreign and Domestic in Hong Kong



Global Themes and Local Patterns



Superior Servants



The Trade in Workers



Household Rules and Relations



Disciplined Migrants, Docile Workers



Resistance and Protest



Docility and Self-Discipline



Pleasure and Power


References


Index