We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.
We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Introduction
‘Moldovan sex slaves rescued in raid on UK brothels’ (Tiraspol Times 2008); ‘Young Polish care worker murdered in cross fire in South London’ (Taylor (M) 2007); ‘Filipino maid held in virtual slavery in Saudi home in London’ (Taylor (R) 2007); ‘Ghanaian nurses lose out in NHS pay restructuring’ (Henry 2008).
Each headline constructs a particular identity for migrant women who undertake body work in the UK. The reasons why they have left their home countries, the conditions under which they have migrated, and the contexts in which they find themselves vary considerably. However they are all contributing to meeting the demand in the UK for services that are associated with aspects of social reproduction. These services are predominantly, although not exclusively, undertaken by women. In contrast to the production and consumption of commodities such as FFV discussed in the previous chapter, these forms of services require proximity and, in many instances, an intimate relationship between the provider and recipient consumer.
To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure [email protected] is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.
Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.
Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.
