Brooks, Ann, 1952-

Gender, emotions and labour markets Asian and Western perspectives / [electronic resource] : Ann Brooks and Theresa Devasahayam. - New York : Routledge, 2011. - 143 p. : ill. - Routledge studies in social and political thought ; 72 . - Routledge studies in social and political thought ; 72. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contemporary theorizing on emotions and emotional labour / Ann Brooks -- Social and cultural context of gender in Asia / Theresa Devasahayam -- Globalization, labour force participation and the gender gap / Theresa Devasahayam -- Changing patterns of caregiving and emotional labour in Asia / Theresa Devasahayam and Ann Brooks -- Globalization, the "feminization of migration" and emotional labour / Theresa Devasahayam -- Human rights and female migrant labour in Asia / Theresa Devasahayam -- Women executives and emotional labour : the work-life balance of professional women in the Asia-Pacific and the U.S. / Ann Brooks -- Servicing high-end professional migrant and local populations : female migrant labour as a transnational community / Ann Brooks -- Men masculinity and emotional labour / Ann Brooks.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

0203834135 (electronic bk.) 9780203834138 (electronic bk.)




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Women foreign workers--Social conditions.--Asia
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