Publication

2014 - University of California Press

Language

English

Word Count

64,750 words, Guess

Page Count

259 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780520282018
  • Open LibraryOL25959193M

Classifications

  • LCCJV6347.C65 2014
  • LCCJV6347 .C65 2014

Description

" 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Born Out Of Place Migrant Mothers And The Politics Of International LaborUniversity of California Press2014-01-01

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