Nguyen, Minh T. N.

Vietnam's socialist servants domesticity, class, gender, and identity / [electronic resource] : Minh T.N. Nguyen. - Abington, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2015. - 1 online resource (xxvi, 201 p.) : ill., maps. - Asia's transformations ; 44 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Live in, live out, live in the middle of nowhere : labour regimes and market structure -- 3. Power at work : between harmony and hierarchy -- 4. Unruly servants, erotic bodies and cultural delinquents : the representation of domestic service -- 5. Needs, consumption and domestic service -- 6. Between work and home : boundaries, connections and gendered expectations -- 7. Narrating identity : the power and limits of individual life choice -- 8. Domesticity, gender, class, and identity.

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Household employees--Vietnam.
Sex role--Vietnam.
Socialism--Social aspects--Vietnam.