Abstract:This chapter offers an empirical account on migrant workers, their identities and their embodied experiences of labor hierarchy along ethnic lines in mega-casino resorts in Asia. As casino resorts become opportunities for fast-tract economic development and urban renewal in the region since 2010, the Asian gaming sector has become a major industry relying heavily on rural-urban, interregional and international migrant labour. With a focus on Filipino and Chinese casino workers in Singapore and Macau, this chap… Show more
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