House-Girls Remember : Domestic Workers in Vanuatu / Margaret Rodman Critchlow, Daniela Kraemer, Lissant Bolton, Jean Tarisesei.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bolton, Lissant, editor.

Kraemer, Daniela, editor.

Rodman Critchlow, Margaret, editor.

Tarisesei, Jean, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women household employees--Vanuatu--Biography--Congresses.

Vanuatu--History--20th century.

Vanuatu--Social conditions--20th century.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2007]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Giving voice to the women who worked as maids-known as "house-girls" in the Pacific islands of Vanuatu-is the goal of this innovative work. The stories the women tell resonate with the experiences of domestic workers around the world; their histories contribute to theorizing intimacy and traveling culture; and their struggles with adverse working conditions help find solutions, which are outlined at the end of the book. In addition to contributions by the editors, workshop reports by eleven ni-Vanuatu women fieldworkers and ten others who spoke about their lives as house-girls are included. These reports detail ni-Vanuatu women's experiences as domestic workers during the colonial period. One chapter presents an elderly French woman's recollections of the Vietnamese orphan who grew up in her home and worked as a house-girl. Material from contemporary house-girls appears in a final chapter based on research conducted in Port Vila.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. TANNA

Chapter 2. PANGO, EFATE

Chapter 3. NORTH EFATE

Chapter 4. TONGOA

Chapter 5. AMBRYM

Chapter 6. MALAKULA

Chapter 7. AMBAE

Chapter 8. PENTECOST

Chapter 9. BANKS

Chapter 10. A VIETNAMESE ORPHAN IN A FRENCH HOUSEHOLD

Chapter 11. HOUSE-GIRLS IN 2001

Conclusion

References

Index

About th e Editors

Notes:

"May 27, 2005."

Based on papers presented at a workshop, held in July, 2001, in Vanuatu. The focus was on what house-girls remember of their unique cross-cultural experiences working for expatriate employers during colonial era, prior to 1980.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

ISBN:

9780824862879

0824862872

9781435666092

1435666097

OCLC:

256833151