Emotional labour and transnational domestic work: The moving geographies of 'Maid abuse' in Singapore

Mobilities

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 195-217

  Huang, Shirlena ^a   Yeoh, Brenda S A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Domestic abuse; Emotional labour; migration; Mobility; Transnational domestic workers

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC WORK; LABOR MIGRATION; LABOR MOBILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 34547120954     PISSN: 17450101     EISSN: 1745011X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450100701381557     Document Type: Article

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