". . . provides a vivid picture of the women of South and Southeast Asia as they engage in active negotiation. . . . Domestic workers in particular emerge from the pages as those who struggle to better their life chances for their families, enduring journeys of travail, abuse and ambiguities, and yet capable of meeting life with perseverance, humour, and often, a sense of moral victory."
---Brenda Yeoh, National University of Singapore, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, June 2001
— Brenda Yeoh, National University of Singapore, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
"Asianist anthropologists and feminist scholars have much to celebrate with the publication of this anthology. . . . The book not only provides an excellent contribution to the postcolonial/post-structuralist study of domestic service, a relatively under-researched topic in social anthropology, but also gives substance to the often unsubstantiated mantra on 'the intersection of race, class, gender, ethnicity, religion' and other signifiers of power and identity."
---Leonora C. Angeles, University of British Columbia, Pacific Affairs, Spring 2001
— Leonora C. Angeles, University of British Columbia, Pacific Affairs
"The strength of the volume lies in the wide variety and scope of the articles that take into consideration the role of gender, sexuality, religion, linguistic patterns, and generational gap in identity articulation of employers and domestics in national and transnational contexts."
---Swapna Bannerjee, The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 60, No. 4
— Swapna Bannerjee, The Journal of Asian Studies