Hans J Ladegaard

The Discourse of Powerlessness and Repression

Life stories of domestic migrant workers in Hong Kong

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides detailed discourse analysis of abused domestic helpers' narratives in Hong Kong in their sharing sessions with other helpers, but it also explores larger issues such as global migration, exploitation, language and power, abuse and the psychology of evil, intergroup communication, and peer support and empowerment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780367375942
• ISBN-10: 036737594X
• Artikelnr.: 58058236

Autorenporträt

Hans J. Ladegaard is Professor and Head of the Department of English, at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Methodology and Theoretical Frameworks
3. Poverty and Dependence: Discourses of Inferiority and Social Deprivation
4. Global Servants and Servants of God: Sacrificial Mothers, Daughters and
Wives
5. The Destructiveness of Distance: Unfaithful Husbands and Absent Mothers
6. Trauma Narratives: The Destruction of Self
7. 'Us' and 'Them': Discourses of Resistance, Agency and Peer Support
8. Demonising the Cultural Other: Depersonalisation and Dehumanisation of
Foreign Domestic Helpers
9. Research and Social Activism: Working On, For and With Domestic Migrant
Workers
10. Conclusion