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Maid to Order in Hong Kong
Language: en
Pages: 284
Authors: Nicole Constable
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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In this update of her 1997 ethnography, the author traces changes that have taken place in the service sector of Hong Kong's workforce since its reunification w
Maid to Order in Hong Kong
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: Nicole Constable
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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The forms of discipline range from physical abuse to intrusive regulations including restrictions on hair length and the prohibition of lipstick.
Maid to Order in Hong Kong
Language: en
Pages: 403
Authors: Nicole Constable
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-12-15 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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Middle-class Chinese women in the global city of Hong Kong have entered the workforce in unprecedented numbers over the past three decades, and the demand for f
Maid to Queer
Language: en
Pages: 149
Authors: Francisca Yuenki Lai
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-11-03 - Publisher: Hong Kong University Press

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Maid to Queer is the first book about Asian female migrant workers who develop same-sex relationships in a host city. Based on participant observation and in-de
Born Out of Place
Language: en
Pages: 278
Authors: Nicole Constable
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-03-14 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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Hong Kong is a meeting place for migrant domestic workers, traders, refugees, asylum seekers, tourists, businessmen, and local residents. In Born Out of Place,
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