Caring for the 'Holy Land' Filipina domestic workers in Israel Claudia Liebelt

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liebelt, Claudia

Series:

EASA series v. 17

EASA series ; v. 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Household employees--Israel.

Household employees.

Women foreign workers--Israel.

Women foreign workers.

Israel--Emigration and immigration.

Israel.

Philippines--Emigration and immigration.

Philippines.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (228 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York Berghahn Books 2011

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Israel, as in numerous countries of the global North, Filipina women have been recruited in large numbers for domestic work, typically as live-in caregivers for the elderly. The case of Israel is unique in that the country has a special significance as the ‘Holy Land’ for the predominantly devout Christian Filipina women and is at the center of an often violent conflict, which affects Filipinos in many ways. In the literature, migrant domestic workers are often described as being subject to racial discrimination, labour exploitation and exclusion from mainstream society. Here, the author provides a more nuanced account and shows how Filipina caregivers in Israel have succeeded in creating their own collective spaces, as well as negotiating rights and belonging. While maintaining transnational ties and engaging in border-crossing journeys, these women seek to fulfill their dreams of a better life. During this process, new socialities and subjectivities emerge that point to a form of global citizenship in the making, consisting of greater social, economic and political rights within a highly gendered and racialized global economy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Abbreviations

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1 The Israeli Migration Regime: On Foreign Workers and Migrants

Chapter 2 Transnational Female Lives

Chapter 3 Caring for the ‘Holy Land’

Chapter 4 On Weekends, Together: The Making and Unmaking of a Filipino Community

Chapter 5 Feeling Manila, Living in Hiding and Appropriating the Black Part of the ‘White City’: Filipinos in Tel Aviv

Chapter 6 Global Dreaming

Conclusion

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613395139

9781283395137

1283395134

9780857452627

0857452622

OCLC:

771282870