Stereotypes and ambivalence: The construction of domestic workers in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Examines stereotypes of Filipina and British nannies presented by nanny agents in Vancouver, Canada in a series of interviews conducted in 1994. Inconsistency and ambivalence in agent interviews; Maternal substitution, colonial pasts, racial difference and working mothers in anxieties; Implications of the inconsistent portrayal of Filipina nannies for political practice.