Born Out of Place
Migrant Mothers and the Politics of International Labor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of California Press
Published:2nd May '14
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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Hong Kong is a meeting ground for migrant domestic workers, traders, refugees, asylum seekers, tourists and businessmen, and local residents. At the heart of this book are the stories and experiences of migrant mothers from Indonesia and the Philippines, their South Asian, African, Chinese, and Western expatriate partners, and their Hong Kong born babies. Constable gives voice to the immigrant mothers in this Asian world city and, in the process, raises a serious question: do we regard immigrants as people, or just 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.
ISBN: 9780520282025
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
Weight: 454g
280 pages