Maid or madam? Filipino, migrant workers and the continuity of domestic labor

Gender and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-208

  Lan, Pei Chia ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic labor; Domestic work; Migrant women; Migrant worker; The Philippines

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037252287     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243202250730     Document Type: Review

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