Humanising migrant women’s work

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Author
Rydzik, Agnieszka
Pritchard, Annette
Morgan, Nigel
Sedgley, Diane
Date
2017-03-03Acceptance date
2017-02-16
Type
Article
acceptedVersion
Publisher
Elsevier
ISSN
0160-7383
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Female migrants make an important contribution to the global tourism industry yet their employment experiences and histories are poorly understood. This paper draws on a phenomenological position to explore the life-world and ten-year employment trajectory of one highly skilled Polish immigrant to the UK as told through her own voice and artwork. It challenges prevailing de-personalised and gender-blind accounts of tourism migrant workers, and demonstrates the methodological potential of one-voice research to humanise the female migrant experience, document long-term employment trajectories and foreground complex working lives. The paper provides nuanced understanding of intersectional gendered and ethnic marginalisation in the labour market and explores the ways in which employment creates spaces for both oppression and self-determination for precarious workers.
Journal/conference proceeding
Annals of Tourism Research;
Citation
Rydzik, A., Pritchard, A., Morgan, N. and Sedgley, D. (2017) 'Humanising migrant women’s work', Annals of Tourism Research, 64, pp.13-23. DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2017.02.002.
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Article published in Annals of Tourism Research on 03 March 2017, available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2017.02.002.
Sponsorship
Cardiff Metropolitan University (Grant ID: Cardiff Metropolian (Internal))