Neither 'saints' nor 'prostitutes': Sexual discourse in the Filipina domestic worker community in Hong Kong

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-87

  Chang, Kimberly A ^a   Groves, Julian McAllister ^b  

^a HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC WORK; MIGRANT WORKER; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 0343091964     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-5395(99)00088-6     Document Type: Article

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