| Description |
1 online resource (242 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics |
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Routledge studies in sociolinguistics.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of photos; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Methodology and theortical frameworks; 3 Poverty and dependence: Discourses of inferiority and social deprivation; 4 Global servants and servants of God: Sacrificial mothers, daughters and wives; 5 The destructiveness of distance: Unfaithful husbands and absent mothers; 6 Trauma narratives: The destruction of self; 7 'Us' and 'them': Discourses of resistance, agency and peer support; 8 Demonising the cultural 'Other': Depersonalisation and dehumanisation of domestic migrant workers |
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9 Research and social activism: Working on, for and with domestic migrant workers10 General discussion and conclusion; References; Appendix; Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317265504 |
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1317265505 |
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