Born out of place : migrant mothers and the politics of international labor / Nicole Constable.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Constable, Nicole.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women immigrants--China--Hong Kong--Social conditions.

Women immigrants.

Women foreign workers--China--Hong Kong--Social conditions.

Women foreign workers.

Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Emigration and immigration.

Hong Kong (China)--Emigration and immigration.

Hong Kong (China).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. A Very Tiny Problem

2. Ethnography and Everyday Life

3. Women

4. Men

5. Sex and Babies

6. Wives and Workers

7. Asylum Seekers and Overstayers

8. The Migratory Cycle of Atonement

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781306463331

1306463335

9780520957770

0520957776

OCLC:

871189636