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Artículo de periódico

Stereotypes and Ambivalence: the construction of domestic workers in Vancouver, British Columbia

Fecha

1997

Autores

G. Pratt

Resumen

This article examines stereotypes of Filipina and British nannies presented by nanny agents in Vancouver, Canada in a serie s of interviews conducted in 1994, and then considers the influence of these stereotypes in structuring the work conditions of each group of domestic worker. Working with B hab ha’ s concept of ambivalence and Kaplan’ s ideas about the `impossibility ’ of the concept, `mother’, the agent interviews are then reread for signs of inconsistency and ambivalence. The British nanny is portrayed as both superior in terms of training and temperament, but cold and controlling. The Filipina nanny is both uncivilised and poorly motivated, and well-educated. These ambivalences are read in terms of anxieties about maternal substitution, colonial pasts, racial difference, and working mothers. Some implications of the inconsistency in agents’ portrayals of Filipina nannies for political practice are briefly outlined.

Journal title

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumen

4

Número

2

Page numbers

159-177

Archivos adjuntos

Conexiones

Los sectores económicos

Occupations in services - Domestic work

Los grupos destinatarios

Trabajadores (in) migrantes, Los empleadores y las agencias de empleo, Los investigadores, y ONG / grupos comunitarios / redes de solidaridad

Áreas de regulación

Las agencias de contratación y la inversión y Derecho a la igualdad (origen nacional)

Relevancia geográfica

Colombia Británica, Filipinas, Reino Unido, y Vietnam

Esferas de la actividad

Estudios culturales y étnicas, Geografía, Psicología, y Socioligie

Idiomas

Inglés