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Migrant citizenship from below : family, domestic work, and social activism in irregular migration / Kyoko Shinozaki.
Lippincott Library HD8458.F55 S54 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shinozaki, Kyoko, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Foreign workers, Filipino--Germany--Social conditions.
- Foreign workers, Filipino.
- Household employees--Germany--Social conditions.
- Household employees.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Social aspects.
- Social conditions.
- Philippines--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.
- Philippines.
- Germany--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.
- Germany.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 218 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, [2015]
- Summary:
- "Explores the dynamic local and transnational lives of Filipina and Filipino migrant domestic workers living in "Schönberg," Germany. Shinozaki examines how these spatially immobile migrants inhabit different locations within the city, and how they maintain sustained transnational engagements through parenting and religious practices"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Conceptualizing migrant citizenship from below
- Setting the scene : understanding "foggy social structures"
- Transforming a private home into a site of employment relations
- Bridging care gaps : gendered transnational parenthood in transnational migrant households
- Social activism in the making : religious practices and health at the (trans)-local scale
- Conclusion : migrant citizenship from below : looking back, looking ahead.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781137410436
- 1137410434
- OCLC:
- 897399963
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