Gendered Labour, Everyday Security and Migration by Shih Joo Tan - 9781032168067

Gendered Labour, Everyday Security and MigrationAn Examination of Domestic Work and Domestic Workers Experiences in Singapore and Hong Kong\nAuthor(s): Shih Joo Tan\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032168067, 978-1032168067\nSynopsis\nDrawing on original empirical research from Singapore and Hong Kong, Gendered Labour, Everyday Security and Migration interrogates women migrant domestic workers experiences of work and workplace exploitation. It examines the ways in which these women negotiate everyday security and safe work against the backdrop of affective employment relations and institutional structures of labour and migration law. It challenges the current emphasis on the language of exploitation and legal approaches to identifying, understanding and rectifying poor employment conditions for women migrant domestic workers. \n\nThis book addresses the limited research literature that examines the extent to whi.