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

Petsa

1997

May-akda

G. Pratt

Buod

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

Dami

4

Numero

2

Page numbers

159-177

Kalakip

Connections

Pang-ekonomiyang sektor

Occupations in services - Domestic work

Target na mga grupo

Manggagawa (im) migrante, Employer at recruitment ahensya, Mananaliksik, and NGO / komunidad group / network ng pagkakaisa

Regulasyon lugar

Pangangalap ahensya at mga pamumuhunan and Karapatan sa pagkakapantay-pantay (bayang pinanggalingan)

Geographical kaugnayan

British Columbia, Pilipinas, Reyno Unido, and Vietnam

Spheres ng aktibidad

Cultural Studies at Etniko, Heograpya, Sikolohiya, and Socioligie

Wika

Ingles