Maid to Queer: Asian Labor Migration and Female Same-Sex Desires.

Autor: Mir, Safa
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Zdroj: Intersections: Gender & Sexuality in Asia & the Pacific; Dec2021, Issue 46, p1-2, 2p, 1 Color Photograph
Abstrakt: She stresses the significance of the ethnographic study of Indonesian domestic workers in Hong Kong aiming to highlight the connection between Asian labour migration and queer studies. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2020 ISBN: 978-988-8528-33-2 (hbk), viii + 140 pp reviewed by Safa Mir Francisca Yuenki Lai's makes a thoughtful contribution to the ethnographic study of homosexual couples in Indonesia and Asian queer studies. Lai questions the lacunae of queer and Asian labour migration studies by explaining the practices and situations of low-skilled migrant workers who develop same-sex relationships in their communities. [Extracted from the article]
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