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跨國灰姑娘: 當東南亞幫傭遇上台灣新富家庭

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這本書說的是女性外籍幫傭來到台灣的故事。自1992年起,一批批的家務移工憑著勇氣,飄洋過海來到全然陌生的島嶼,僅僅計算登記有案的家務移工,就已經超過16萬人。她們以短期契約的過客身分,在台灣社會的邊緣角落裡默默工作,維持著台灣社會的「現代生活」,但是,一般雇主只把她們當成「用玩即丟」的勞動力,無法享有公民權,甚至基本人權。

在這些隻身來台的家務移工眼中,我們熟悉的場景與畫面,都轉變成另外一種面貌:對於剛到台灣Vanessa來說,中正機場是一個通往未知的起點,高速公路邊的叢叢樹林,隱藏了無法想像的恐懼。對於Tiwi來說,Qoo果汁是她照顧的台灣小孩最愛的飲料,也是她用來寄往國外、向女兒表達母愛的補償工具。每一個家庭屋簷下,都有一則從未被說出的故事,連接著台灣新富雇主和來自東南亞的家務移工。

從馬尼拉到台灣,走過台北火車站、中山北路,一直到家中的廚房與臥室,台大社會系副教授藍佩嘉訪談了58位菲律賓、35位印尼女性幫傭,讓我們深刻地瞭解她們的命運與想法,是第一本完整介紹外傭生活的報導著作。作者也採訪了51位僱有外籍幫傭的男、女主人,讓我們得以省思,自身家中的的親子與夫妻關係,其實如此脆弱。

本書最初於2006年在評選嚴格聞名的杜克大學出版社(Duke University Press)以英文出版,獲得美國社會學會性/別研究年度傑出書籍獎、國際亞洲學者會議社會科學最佳書籍等獎項。經過三年之後,藍佩嘉以反璞歸真的母語,重新改寫《跨國灰姑娘》,以淺白易懂的文字和大量的真實故事,呈現給台灣的讀者。如作者自言,這本書希望不只是以理論語言說服他們,更希望以呈現不同人群的生命故事,讓讀者感動。

388 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

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Pei-Chia Lan

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Pei-Chia Lan (Ph.D., Department of Sociology, Northwestern University, 2000) is Professor of Sociology at National Taiwan University. Her fields of specialty include gender, work and migration. She is the author of Global Cinderellas: Migrant Domestics and Newly Rich Employers in Taiwan (Duke 2006), which won the 2007 Distinguished Book Award from the Sex and Gender Section of the American Sociological Association and the 2007 ICAS Book Prize: Best Study in Social Science from the International Convention of Asian Scholars.

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2 reviews1 follower
May 18, 2012
what amazed me most is that, as a qualified dissertation, it contains almost not a single MALE!!! i felt so comfortable reading it and decided it as a rule for my dissertation 10 years after...wow, a world of all women is so fascinating @v@
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54 reviews84 followers
September 19, 2017
這本書有個特色:即使中文流暢、內容有意思,但讀不快。主要的原因是,知識與思考密度相當高。

社會學的紮實訓練,讓本書在各種故事的描述,角度兼具關懷、同理與冷靜。尤其那個「冷靜」的部分,甚至會看到很多「光描述出來都顯得直白」的細節。例如第 214 頁的這段,將第四章「跨越國界與性別藩籬」的諸多觀察,作了總結:

「在故鄉擔任家庭主婦的女性移工,出國幫傭後成為主要的養家者。她們雖然賺了錢,卻賠掉道德形象,因為她們無法負起照顧自身家庭的責任。面對成為經濟獨立女性,卻跨越性別界線(女人養家、不顧家)的困境,女性移工試圖重新建構家務與母職的意義與實踐。她們透過匯款、簡訊、信件和包裹來傳送愛與關心,並藉此操持「跨國持家」與遠距母職。」

這樣的中性描述,你幾乎看不到作者本人的「立場」,但就是這種中性,才讓人看到一個社會學者的專業素養,讓「觀察力」,化作字裡行間的「威力」。

這也是我在讀這本書時的內心小劇場,一開始,會覺得移工實在弱勢,在國家發展的巨大差異下,成為不得已的受害者。但進一步,到本書中後段,佩嘉教授又提醒我們,其實移工並不是單純的「受害者」,在這樣的過程中,她們主動追求了人生價值,也找到許多對抗策略,而且,移工與家鄉之間,有時也不是我們想像的那麼天真簡單。

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22 reviews
March 21, 2019
This book successfully discusses the author’s ethnographic study on global labour movements and its effects on the inequality and self-identity of migrant domestic workers and their employers in Taiwan. It is extremely engaging, well-written and readable.

Hence, it is strongly recommended for anyone with an interest in international labour migration, or students and scholars of Domestic Labour, Globalisation, Asian Studies, Sociology and Women’s studies.
214 reviews1 follower
March 25, 2025
去台湾的旅行中读完,确实街头巷尾能看到中介们打的广告
本来以为是class related跟宏观,读完发现是gender roles, work-home, stigma,和微观的流动
removed one star since the writing is so...academic. 透过书都能随时带入不得不在discussion和future implication不断总结重复的自己。。
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April 20, 2022
把女性主義理論和外籍移工的現實處境結合的好好,引用一個話是“ 理論是聚光燈”照到現實中。關係分析的很清楚,也是很不錯的社會學和女性主義入門讀物。
4 reviews
January 10, 2024
好书,一看就完全的吸引了我。尽管我不是新贵只是一个普通的人,但仍然被这本书吸引
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April 2, 2012
I enjoyed Global Cinderellas because most of the literature I’ve read in respect to domestic labor has been limited to the United States. Within the United States context, domestic labor is highly raced with stereotypes running through very much like in East Asia. The main difference between these two locations is the shift in the US from women of color from within its borders to women of color from aboard. The use of boundary theory is particularly interesting particularly when discussing the creation of spaces by the laborers inside and outside the workplace. However, there could have been more discussion of the construction of space by the laborers inside the workplace, specifically in the home of their employers.

One of the interesting aspects Pei-Chia Lan found was the use of technology and cell phones to promote friendships and relationship between the migrant laborers. In The Force of Domesticity: Filipina Migrants and Globalization, by Rhacel Salazar Parrenas found that the Filipina laborers used their cell phones to communicate with each other, but other with their families back in the Philippines. However, there was no discussion of this in Global Cinderellas.
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114 reviews1 follower
April 27, 2022
有賴於家務勞動的女性化,地球村的一部分女性跨越國界線到不同種族的家庭幫傭以獲得高薪,而這也解放了她們所幫家庭中的女性抵抗父權,託管母職以回歸自我的工作。在這種家務勞動的連續性裡,女性並未能成為互幫互助的好姐妹,階級與種族的差異使她們不停地再複製著權力關係的不平等。作者很厲害的把這三個因素融合在一起來表現跨國女性移工與雇主之間的暗流湧動,最喜歡的部分是僱傭雙方的劃界工作——也再製和挑戰著社會不平等的日常。兩個「原來是這樣」的小知識:菲律賓原來不可以離婚;4年前常常經過的台北車站,巨大挑高的廣場上坐著的嘰嘰喳喳的面孔原來是東南亞移工。
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120 reviews11 followers
November 3, 2011
A well-done research study of migrant maids and caretakers in Taiwan.
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