In sickness and in wealth : migration, gendered morality, and Central Java / Carol Chan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chan, Carol, author.

Series:

Framing the global (Series)

Framing the global book series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign workers, Indonesian.

Foreign workers' families--Indonesia--Jawa Tengah--Attitudes.

Foreign workers' families.

Indonesians--Employment--Foreign countries.

Indonesians.

Women foreign workers--Indonesia.

Women foreign workers.

Foreign countries.

Indonesia.

Indonesia--Jawa Tengah.

Physical Description:

xiv, 215 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018]

Summary:

"Villagers in Indonesia hear a steady stream of stories about the injuries, abuses, and even deaths suffered by those who migrate in search of work. So why do hundreds of thousands of Indonesian workers continue to migrate every year? Carol Chan explores this question from the perspective of the origin community and provides a fascinating look at how gender, faith, and shame shape these decisions to migrate. Villagers evaluate men and women's migrations differently, leading to different ideas about which kinds of human or financial flows should be encouraged and which should be discouraged or even criminalize. Despite routine and well-documented instances of Indonesian migrant labor exploitation, some villagers still emphasize that a migrant's success or failure ultimately depends on that individual's morality, fate, and destiny. Indonesian villagers construct strategies for avoiding migration-related risks which are closely linked to faith and belief in supernatural agency. These strategies shape the flow of migration from the country and help to ensure the continued faith Indonesian people have in migration as an act of promise and hope"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The politics of morality and identity in Central Java

Mobilizing and moralizing Indonesia

Evaluating migrant success and failure

Shame

Faith

Contesting the terms of belonging: views of/from elsewhere

Conclusion : gendered moral economies of migration.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-208) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Chan, Carol, author. In sickness and in wealth

ISBN:

9780253037022

0253037026

9780253037060

0253037069

OCLC:

1016479945