Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Series Editors' Preface -- References -- 1. Language and Transnational Domestic Workers -- 2. The Making of 'Workers of the World': Language and the Labor Brokerage State -- 3. Assembling the 'Supermaid': Language and Communication Skills for 'Vulnerable Occupations' -- 4. Marketing Domestic Workers: Maid Agencies in Singapore -- 5. The English-Speaking Other Looks Back -- 6. Translating Selves: The Trajectories of Transnational Filipino Domestic Workers -- 7. Conclusion -- Appendices -- References -- Index