Singapore women and foreign domestic workers: Negotiating domestic work and motherhood

Gender, Migration and Domestic Service

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 273-296

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

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 84908921084     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203452509     Document Type: Chapter

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