ISBN:
9780520282018
,
9780520282025
Language:
English
Pages:
XVII, 259 S.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.874/308864095125
Keywords:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
;
Arbeitsmigration
;
Arbeitswelt und Privatleben
;
Ausländischer Arbeitnehmer
;
Einwanderungspolitik
;
Frau und Familie
;
Frauenarbeit
;
Gesellschaft
;
Migration
;
Women immigrants Social conditions
;
Women foreign workers Social conditions
;
Emigration and immigration Social aspects
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
;
Ausländischer Arbeitnehmer
;
Mutter
;
Migration
;
Hongkong
;
Hong Kong (China) Emigration and immigration
;
Hongkong
;
Hongkong
;
Mutter
;
Migration
;
Ausländischer Arbeitnehmer
Abstract:
" 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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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