Teachers and ‘New Evangelizers’ for their Faith: Filipina Domestic Workers at Work in Italy

Abstract

This work investigates how Filipina domestic workers can interpret their work and the migrant experience in light of their largely accepted role as the ‘new apostles’ or evangelizers for the Catholic Church. It examines traditional interpretations of servant‐hood, and analyses how gendered understandings of servitude can influence some Filipinas' notion of a subservient self and beliefs about their work as domestic helpers.