Colonialism and Male Domestic Service Across the Asia Pacific.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (281 pages)
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Authorship -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Creating the Houseboy: Early Asian Influences on European Cultures of Domestic Service -- 2 Indigenous Houseboys and Asian Ideals in Darwin and.Suva -- 3 Intercultural Influences on American Domesticity in the Philippines -- 4 Colonial Patriarchy and Representations of Masculinity in Photographs of Domestic Workers -- 5 Steamship Stewards: Encountering Asia on the High.Seas -- 6 From India to Fiji: Cultures of Service in the Grand.Hotel -- 7 Labour and Political Activism by Chinese and Vietnamese Male Domestic Workers -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.