Hans J. Ladegaard

Migrant Workers' Narratives of Return (eBook, ePUB)

Alienation and Identity Transformations

• Format: ePub

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.

---

Dieser Download kann aus rechtlichen Gründen nur mit Rechnungsadresse in A, B, BG, CY, CZ, D, DK, EW, E, FIN, F, GR, HR, H, IRL, I, LT, L, LR, M, NL, PL, P, R, S, SLO, SK ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. August 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000922868
• Artikelnr.: 68429191

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