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- Title
Domestic workers talk. Language use and social practices in a multilingual workplace.
- Authors
Vessey, Rachelle
- Abstract
This article discusses a book titled "Domestic workers talk: Language use and social practices in a multilingual workplace" by Gonçalves and Schluter. The book focuses on a multilingual cleaning company called "Shine" run by an American-Brazilian woman in New Jersey, USA. It explores the language use and social dynamics in the workplace, highlighting the significance of social class, language brokering, and the global care chain. The book also examines the role of language, power, and communication in blue-collar work and migration, emphasizing the value of Portuguese language and multimodal communication in the context of domestic work. The authors use a mixed methodological approach, including participant observation, interviews, and discourse analysis, to study the topic over a 10-year period. While the book provides valuable insights into the language and work dynamics, it does not extensively address the precarity of domestic work. Overall, the book offers a compassionate portrayal of the individuals involved and highlights the importance of understanding and appreciating the complex communication practices in the domestic workplace.
- Subjects
HOUSEHOLD employees; SOCIOLINGUISTICS; SUBURBS; DOMINANT language; LANGUAGE ability; MIGRANT labor; EMPLOYEE recruitment
- Publication
Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, 2024, Vol 34, Issue 1, p153
- ISSN
1055-1360
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jola.12420