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Book SynopsisServing the Household and the Nation is an absorbing sociological study of the globalization of domestic service. Using the case of Filipina domestics in Taiwan, Cheng examines how nationalist politics shape the experience of migrant women under the context of globalization.
Trade ReviewFilipina domestic workers serve in Taiwanese households, performing labor considered dirty or degrading by their local employers. According to Cheng, they also serve the Taiwanese nation, which uses these women to define the boundaries of citizenship andrace. In this eye-opening study, Cheng offers a provocative and original take on domestic service, demonstrating the link between homemaking and nation-building. A must-read for all scholars of gender and globalization.... -- Christine Williams, University of Texas, Austin
Filipina domestic workers serve in Taiwanese households, performing labor considered dirty or degrading by their local employers. According to Cheng, they also serve the Taiwanese nation, which uses these women to define the boundaries of citizenship and race. In this eye-opening study, Cheng offers a provocative and original take on domestic service, demonstrating the link between homemaking and nation-building. A must-read for all scholars of gender and globalization. -- Christine Williams, University of Texas, Austin
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction: Serving the Household and the Nation Chapter 2 The Localization of Global Trade in Domestic Service Chapter 3 Recruitment Agencies: Recruiters of Labor, Agents of Power Chapter 4 Facing Aliens at Home: Space of Intimacy, Space of Power Chapter 5 Weaving Sojourning Truths Chapter 6 When the Personal Meets the Global Chapter 7 Church as the Space of Belonging and Resistance Chapter 8 Conclusion: Homemaking and Nation-Building
