Born Out of Place : Migrant Mothers and the Politics of International Labor /

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Author / Creator:	Constable, Nicole, author.
Imprint:	Berkeley : University of California Press, 2014. ©2014
Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 259 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Women immigrants -- China -- Hong Kong -- Social conditions. Women foreign workers -- China -- Hong Kong -- Social conditions. Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects. Emigration and immigration. Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects. Women foreign workers -- Social conditions. Women immigrants -- Social conditions. Hong Kong (China) -- Emigration and immigration. China -- Hong Kong.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11223291

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Varying Form of Title:	Migrant Mothers and the Politics of International Labor
ISBN:	1306463335 9781306463331 9780520957770 0520957776 9780520282018 9780520282025 0520282019 0520282027
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: 9781306463331

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