Hans J. Ladegaard

Migrant Workers' Narratives of Return

Alienation and Identity Transformations

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Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on a corpus of 113 narratives told by migrant workers who have returned to their home country, Ladegaard details Indonesian and Filipina (domestic) migrant workers' experiences of homecoming after years of work abroad, separated from their loved ones.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032202815
• ISBN-10: 1032202815
• Artikelnr.: 72111414

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

1. Setting the scene 2. How and Why: A Dash of Theory and Methodology 3.
Struggling to Reconnect: Identity Transformations 4. Haunted by Ghosts:
Remembering Trauma 5. Spurning Exploitation: The Empowered Migrant Worker
6. Sinking and Drowning, or Surviving and Thriving 7. Reflexivity and
Social Activism in Migrant Worker Research 8. Summary and Concluding
Remarks

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1. Setting the scene 2. How and Why: A Dash of Theory and Methodology 3. Struggling to Reconnect: Identity Transformations 4. Haunted by Ghosts: Remembering Trauma 5. Spurning Exploitation: The Empowered Migrant Worker 6. Sinking and Drowning, or Surviving and Thriving 7. Reflexivity and Social Activism in Migrant Worker Research 8. Summary and Concluding Remarks