Transnational domestic workers and the negotiation of mobility and work practices in Singapore's home-spaces

Mobilities

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-236

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

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Deference; Home; Migrant women; Politics of space; Singapore; Transnational domestic workers

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC WORK; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WORLD CITY;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 77951586487     PISSN: 17450101     EISSN: 1745011X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450101003665036     Document Type: Article

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