Of maids and madams: Sri Lankan domestic workers and their employers in Jordan

Critical Asian Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 609-638

  Frantz, Elizabeth ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRISTIANITY; DOMESTIC WORK; GENDER ISSUE; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 56749186001     PISSN: 14672715     EISSN: 14726033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14672710802505323     Document Type: Article

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