In service and servitude: foreign female domestic workers and the malaysian "modernity project"
Auteur :
Chin, Christine
Éditeur :
Columbia University Press
ISBN :
9780231109871
Date de publication :
23 juin 1998
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Examining how the shared interests of state elites and the middle classes rationalize mistreatment of domestic workers, the author argues that the "premodern" exploitation of migrant domestic workers is at odds with the global expansion of open markets and free trade.