Born Out of Place

Migrant Mothers and the Politics of International Labor

Nicole Constable author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of California Press

Published:2nd May '14

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Born Out of Place cover

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