Gender, Migration and Domestic Service (Routledge International Studies of Women and Place)

Gender, Migration and Domestic Service examines a wide range of migration patterns which have arisen, both on a national and international scale, exposing the tensions and difficulties which arise from this kind of movement. These include legal issues, both in terms of immigration laws and the contractual agreements (or lack or them) available to domestic workers; cultural and language diversities and barriers; the impact of the disruption to families caused by females moving to live-in employment and thus away from the family home; and empowerment issues on two levels - where the employer experiences an increase in status from employing domestic workers, and where the domestic worker experiences a change in status by contributing to the family income or by their workplace providing an arena for social interaction which would otherwise be unavailable. Case studies are taken from Europe, North America, South America, the Caribbean, South Asia, South-East Asia and Africa and are based on fieldwork using both quantitative and qualitative methods. The various crosscutting aspects such as class, status, race and ethnicity, gender relations, violence, state controls on migrants and motives of migrants will be drawn out, and regional and national differences exposed. Maids On The Move / Janet Henshall Momsen -- Part I. North America -- Is This Canada?: Domestic Workers' Experience In Vancouver, Bc / Geraldine Pratt In Collaboration With The Philippine Women Centre -- Jamaican Domestics, Filipina Housekeepers And English Nannies: Representations Of Toronto's Foreign Domestic Workers / Bernadette Steill, Kim England -- Making Maids: United States Immigration Policy And Immigrant Domestic Workers / Doreen Mattingly -- Part Ii. South America -- Race And Domestic Service: Migration And Identity In Ecuador / Sarah A. Radcliffe -- Transcending Gendered Boundaries: Migration For Domestic Labour In Chile / Katina Pappas-deluca -- Part Iii. Europe -- Overseas Domestic Workers In The European Union: Invisible Women / Bridget Anderson -- Role Of Ethnicity In Shaping The Domestic Employment Sector In Britain / Rosie Cox -- Cinderella Need Not Apply: A Study Of Paid Domestic Work In Paris / Rekha Narula -- Domestic Work Abroad: A Necessity And An Opportunity For Rural Women From The Goriška Borderland Region Of Slovenia / Ana Barbič, Inga Miklavčič-brezigar -- Part Iv. Africa -- 'home Is Where The Children Are': A Qualitiative Study Of Migratory Domestic Workers In Mmotla Village, South Africa / Tessa Le Roux -- Working In The City: The Case Of Migrant Women In Swaziland's Domestic Service Sector / Miranda Miles -- Part V. Asia -- Interlinking Trajectories: Migration And Domestic Work In India / Parvati Raghuram -- Maids In Space: Gendered Domestic Labour From Sri Lanka To The Middle East / Munira Ismail -- 'learning The Ways Of The Priyayi': Domestic Servants And The Mediation Of Modernity In Jakarta, Indonesia / Rebecca Elmhirst -- Foreign Domestic Helpers In Hong Kong And Their Role In Childcare Provision / Vicky C.w. Tam -- Singapore Women And Foreign Domestic Workers: Negotiating Domestic Work And Motherhood / Brenda S.a. Yeoh, Shirlena Huang -- Conclusion: Future Trends And Trajectories / Janet Henshall Momsen. Edited By Janet Henshall Momsen. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of tables......Page 9 List of figures......Page 10 List of contributors......Page 11 Preface......Page 14 Maids on the Move......Page 16 North America......Page 36 Is this Canada?: domestic workers' experiences in Vancouver, BC......Page 38 Jamaican domestics, Filipina housekeepers and English nannies: representations of Toronto's foreign domestic workers......Page 58 Making maids: United States immigration policy and immigrant domestic workers......Page 77 South America......Page 96 Race and domestic service: migration and identity in Ecuador......Page 98 Transcending gendered boundaries: migration for domestic labour in Chile......Page 113 Europe......Page 130 Overseas domestic workers in the European Union: invisible women......Page 132 The role of ethnicity in shaping the domestic employment sector in Britain......Page 149 Cinderella need not apply: a study of paid domestic work in Paris......Page 163 Domestic work abroad: a necessity and an opportunity for rural women from the Gorika borderland region of Slovenia......Page 179 Africa......Page 194 'Home is where the children are': a qualitative study of migratory domestic workers in Mmotla village, South Africa......Page 198 Working in the city: the case of migrant women in Swaziland's domestic service sector......Page 210 Asia......Page 228 Interlinking trajectories: migration and domestic work in India......Page 230 Maids in space: gendered domestic labour from Sri Lanka to the Middle East......Page 244 'Learning the ways of the priyayi': domestic servants and the mediation of modernity in Jakarta, Indonesia......Page 257 Foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong and their role in childcare provision......Page 278 Singapore women and foreign domestic workers: negotiating domestic work and motherhood......Page 292 Conclusion: future trends and trajectories......Page 316 Index......Page 320 This book examines a wide range of migration patterns which have arisen, and exposes the tensions and difficulties including: • legal and empowerment issues • cultural and language diversities and barriers • the impact of live-in employment. The book features case studies taken from Europe, South and North America, the Caribbean, Asia, and Africa and uses original fieldwork using quantitative and qualitative methods. This work examines a wide range of migration patterns which have arisen, both on a national and international scale, exposing the tensions and difficulties which arise from this kind of movement. There is a growing interest in the marginalised, invisible, subaltern voices of our globalizing world.