跨越國界的生命地圖：菲籍家務移工的流動與認同

A Transnational Topography for the Migration and Identification of Filipina Migrant Domestic Workers

藍佩嘉(Pei-Chia Lan)

《台灣社會研究季刊》 48期 (2002/12) Pp. 169-218

https://doi.org/10.29816/TARQSS.200212.0006

摘要

本研究透過田野觀察與深入訪談的方式，探討菲律賓籍女性家務移工之跨國流動與階級認同。本文首先說明，菲律賓大量勞力移駐海外的政經脈絡，是與殖民背景、性別關係等社會文化因素密切連結。其次，我探討中產階級背景的菲籍海外勞工，面從事低技術、污名化的海外家務工作時，要如何因應衝突的階級流動，並在日常生活中協商自我的身分認同。我發現她們透過社會空間的前後台區隔（工作日vs．放假日；母國vs．地主國）、隔離進行的勞動與消費活動、以及不同的時間向度（現在vs．未來），來形塑多重的角色扮演與流動的主體認同。

關鍵字

家務勞工 ； 外籍勞工 ； 認同 ； 菲律賓

並列摘要

Based on ethnographic observations and in-depth interviews, this article explores the transnational migration and class identification of Filipina migrant domestic workers. First, I argue that the economic motivation to work abroad is mediated by social and cultural factors such as the colonial legacy and gender relations in the Philippines. Second, I examine how Filipina migrant workers with a previous middle-class background deal with their contradictory class mobility, when taking on low-skilled, stigmatized domestic work. I found that they perform multiple roles and shifting identities through the front/backstage segregation in social space (working days vs. rest day; home country vs. host country) and the differentiation of temporal horizons (now vs. future).

並列關鍵字

Domestic worker ； migrant worker ； identification ； the Philippines

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