Seeing the Invisible Work of Caring: Migrant Domestic Workers in East Asian Films
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| Title: | Seeing the Invisible Work of Caring: Migrant Domestic Workers in East Asian Films |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Ellen E. Seiter (ORCID |
| Source: | Educational Philosophy and Theory. 2025 57(3):274-283. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 10 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Descriptors: | Films, Caring, Migrants, Child Care, Caregivers, Older Adults, Disabilities, Service Occupations, Asians, Females, Film Study, Critical Thinking, Stereotypes, Labor, Dialogs (Language), Foreign Countries |
| Geographic Terms: | Hong Kong, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00131857.2024.2435331 |
| ISSN: | 0013-1857 1469-5812 |
| Abstract: | Films provide many memorable scenes of care that both shape and reinforce ideas about who deserves care, how carers should behave, and what kinds of people appear 'naturally' suited to the labors of caring for children, the sick, the elderly and the disabled (namely women). My specific interest here is in films about migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong and Singapore. from the Philippines and Indonesia, who take up live-in housekeeping positions. The films about their lives range from documentary to popular, low-budget horror to independent art cinema. While surveying the strengths and limitations of a handful of these films, I offer strategies for how to frame each film in terms of its director, production methods, distribution, and target audience. How and when might different genres be best used to engage students in critical thinking about care work and migrant labor? What stereotypes exist about migrant workers and what blind spots emerge in understanding paid care work? How can we promote dialogue about the often ambivalent relationship between caregiver and cared-for? |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1467752 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | Films provide many memorable scenes of care that both shape and reinforce ideas about who deserves care, how carers should behave, and what kinds of people appear 'naturally' suited to the labors of caring for children, the sick, the elderly and the disabled (namely women). My specific interest here is in films about migrant domestic workers in Hong Kong and Singapore. from the Philippines and Indonesia, who take up live-in housekeeping positions. The films about their lives range from documentary to popular, low-budget horror to independent art cinema. While surveying the strengths and limitations of a handful of these films, I offer strategies for how to frame each film in terms of its director, production methods, distribution, and target audience. How and when might different genres be best used to engage students in critical thinking about care work and migrant labor? What stereotypes exist about migrant workers and what blind spots emerge in understanding paid care work? How can we promote dialogue about the often ambivalent relationship between caregiver and cared-for? |
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| ISSN: | 0013-1857 1469-5812 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00131857.2024.2435331 |
