Scripts of servitude : language, labor migration and transnational domestic work /: language, labor migration and transnational domestic work. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Beatriz P. Lorente.
• Authors: Lorente, Beatriz P
• Contents: 1. Language and Transnational Domestic Workers; 2. The Making of 'Workers of the World': Language and the Labor Brokerage State; 3. Assembling the 'Supermaid': Language and Communication Skills for 'Vulnerable Occupations'; 4. Marketing Domestic Workers: Maid Agencies in Singapore; 5. The English-Speaking Other Looks Back; 6. Translating Selves: The Trajectories of Transnational Filipino Domestic Workers; 7. Conclusion; Appendices; References
• Publisher Details: Bristol : Multilingual Matters
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 306.44; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization; Language and languages -- Globalization; Women immigrants -- Singapore -- Language; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor; Labour economics; Migration, immigration & emigration; Bilingualism & multilingualism; Globalization; Singapore -- Emigration and immigration; Philippines -- Emigration and immigration
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783099016; 1783099011
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.