The Discourse of Powerlessness and Repression: Life stories of domestic migrant workers in Hong Kong

by Hans J. Ladegaard

Book Overview

This book explores how abused domestic helpers in Hong Kong discursively construct themselves in sharing sessions with other helpers. A wide variety of competing identities are constructed in the narratives: submissive helper, sacrificial mother, daughter and wife, and powerless traumatised victim, but also resourceful indignant migrant women who, through sharing and peer support, become empowered to fight against abusive employers. This book provides...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138640476
• ISBN13: 9781138640474
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"