Born Out of Place: Migrant Mothers and the Politics of International Labor - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Nicole ConstableTheme:Interdisciplinary Studies/Women's Studies, Sex & Gender/Feminine, Topical/FamilyPublish date:2014-03-14Pages:280
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520282025ISBN-10:520282027UPC:9780520282025Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Emigration & Immigration, Women's StudiesBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1Product ID:SCT1FTSEV7
Hong Kong is a meeting place for migrant domestic workers, traders, refugees, asylum seekers, tourists, businessmen, and local residents. In Born Out of Place, Nicole Constable looks at the experiences of Indonesian and Filipina women in this Asian world city. Giving voice to the stories of these migrant mothers, their South Asian, African, Chinese, and Western expatriate partners, and their Hong Kong-born babies, Constable raises a serious question: Do we regard migrants as people, or just as temporary workers? This accessible ethnography provides insight into global problems of mobility, family, and citizenship and points to the consequences, creative responses, melodramas, and tragedies of labor and migration policies.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520282025ISBN-10:520282027UPC:9780520282025Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Emigration & Immigration, Women's StudiesBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1Product ID:SCT1FTSEV7
Nicole Constable is Director of Asian Studies and Professor of Anthropology in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and Research Professor in the University Center for International Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. She is the author of Romance on a Global Stage: Pen Pals, Virtual Ethnography, and "Mail Order" Marriages and Maid to Order in Hong Kong: Stories of Migrant Workers.
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