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portada Maid to Queer: Asian Labor Migration and Female Same-Sex Desires Volume 19
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
148
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
23.1 x 15.0 x 1.5 cm
Weight
0.36 kg.
ISBN13
9789888528332
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Maid to Queer: Asian Labor Migration and Female Same-Sex Desires Volume 19

Francisca Yuenki Lai (Author) · Hong Kong University Press · Hardcover

Maid to Queer: Asian Labor Migration and Female Same-Sex Desires Volume 19 - Lai, Francisca Yuenki

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Synopsis "Maid to Queer: Asian Labor Migration and Female Same-Sex Desires Volume 19"

Maid to Queer is the first book about Asian female migrant workers who develop same-sex relationships in a host city. Based on participant observation and in-depth interviews with Indonesian domestic workers in Hong Kong, the book explores the meanings of same-sex relationships to these migrant women. Instead of searching for reasons to explain why they engage in a same-sex relationship, this book provides an ethnographic perspective by addressing their Sunday activities and considering how migration policies and the practices of Hong Kong people unintentionally produce alternative sexuality and desires for them. The author contrasts the migrant experiences of same-sex relationships with the Western discourse that individuals carry a strong sense of sexual identification prior to migration; same-sex desires among Indonesian domestic workers are often not realized until they leave home. Addressing the changes from maid to queer, this book documents the intersections of domestic work, labor migration, race, and religion on the sexual subject formation, specifically how Indonesian women negotiate heteronormativity and remake a space for their love, sex, and intimacy. For those interested in lesbian studies, Asian labor migration, sexual citizenship, and queer migration, this ethnography fills an important gap in explaining how the feminization of international migration and the constraints imposed on live-in domestic workers unintentionally become productive possibilities of queerness and normativity.

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