The Discourse of Powerlessness and Repression: Life stories of domestic migrant workers in Hong Kong (Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics) - Hardcover

Ladegaard, Hans J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1138640476 ISBN 13: 9781138640474

Verlag: Routledge, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

This book explores how abused domestic helpers in Hong Kong discursively construct themselves in sharing sessions with other helpers. A wide variety of competing identities are constructed in the narratives: submissive helper, sacrificial mother, daughter and wife, and powerless traumatised victim, but also resourceful indignant migrant women who, through sharing and peer support, become empowered to fight against abusive employers. This book provides detailed discourse analysis of the women's narratives, 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.

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

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1138640476
• ISBN 13: 9781138640474
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 242
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