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Author Nayla Moukarbel Title Sri Lankan Housemaids in Lebanon. A Case of 'Symbolic Violence' and 'Everyday Forms of Resistance' Publisher AUP (Amsterdam University Press) Place Amsterdam Year 2009 Pages 250 ISBN 9789089640512 Institute/dept. SCMR - Sussex Centre for Migration Research Keywords Comparative theory/case studies; Economic integration/labour market/informal economy; Discrimination/racism/exclusion; Gender Abstract Unraveled in this book are the real dynamics at stake in the Madame/housemaid relationship. While cases of extreme physical abuse by the Lebanese women who hire housemaids – Madames – are an exception, what has become normalised are more insidious patterns of domination used to control each and every aspect of their employees’ lives. For their part, Sri Lankan housemaids are not merely passive victims. Away from direct provocation and first-hand repercussions, they try to deflect what Pierre Bourdieu has called ‘symbolic violence’. These attempts at ‘everyday forms of resistance’, as defined by James Scott, can help loosen their employers’ grip Language English Classification ok Document type Dissertation Download paper  document/200004 Use this url to link to this page: http://library.imiscoe.org/en/record/362917 Order this publication in print on-line     Notify a colleague Add to bookbag