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            Sri Lankan Housemaids in Lebanon

            A Case of 'Symbolic Violence' and 'Everyday Forms of Resistance'

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            Moukarbel, Nayla
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            English
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            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. Yet, as this unprecedented study shows, the Madame/housemaid relationship and the rules that govern it remain under the managerial hold of the Madame.
             
            Veel Sri Lankese vrouwen werken in Libanon als werkster bij Libanese gezinnen. Vaak worden deze werksters mishandeld door hun werkgeefsters. Voor het eerst brengt Nayla Moukarbel dit onderwerp aan het licht en toont aan dat fysiek geweld niet zo vaak voor komt als de Libanese media suggeren. Tegenwoordig wordt eerder een indirecte vorm van mentaal of zogenaamd 'symbolisch' geweld toegepast. De werkster wordt hierbij gedwongen zich volledig aan te passen aan de eigen en wensen van de zogenaamde 'madame'. Moukarbel laat zien dat werksters op een net zo indirecte manier verzet bieden tegen deze dominantie.
             
            URI
            https://doab-dev.siscern.org/handle/20.500.12854/161650
            Keywords
            public administration; sociology; bestuurskunde; sociologie; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government
            DOI
            10.5117/9789089640512
            ISBN
            9789089640512
            Publisher
            Amsterdam University Press
            Publisher website
            www.aup.nl
            Publication date and place
            2009
            Series
            IMISCoe Dissertations,
            Pages
            250
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