Cinderella in Babylon: The representation of housekeeping and housekeepers in the UK television series Hotel Babylon

Hospitality and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-66

  Harris, Candice ^a   Tregidga, Helen ^a   Williamson, David ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hotel Babylon; Housekeeping; Migrants; Representation; Sexualization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897050752     PISSN: 20427913     EISSN: 20427921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1386/hosp.1.1.47_1     Document Type: Article

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