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Colonialism and Male Domestic Service Across the Asia Pacific.
"Examining the role of Asian and Indigenous male servants across the Asia Pacific from the late-19th century to the 1930s, this study shows how their ubiquitous presence in these purportedly 'humble' jobs gave them a degree of cultural influence that has been largely overlooked in the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Table of contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Note on Authorship; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Creating the Houseboy: Early Asian Influences on European Cultures of Domestic Service; 2 Indigenous Houseboys and Asian Ideals in Darwin and. Suva; 3 Intercultural Influences on American Domesticity in the Philippines; 4 Colonial Patriarchy and Representations of Masculinity in Photographs of Domestic Workers; 5 Steamship Stewards: Encountering Asia on the High. Seas; 6 From India to Fiji: Cultures of Service in the Grand. Hotel.
- 7 Labour and Political Activism by Chinese and Vietnamese Male Domestic WorkersConclusion; Bibliography; Index.