From registered nurse to registered nanny: Discursive geographies of Filipina domestic workers in Vancouver, B.C.

Economic Geography

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 215-236

  Pratt, Geraldine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Domestic workers; Filipina; Labor market segmentation

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC WORK; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 0032754146     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.1999.tb00077.x     Document Type: Article

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