The force of domesticity : Filipina migrants and globalization

The force of domesticity : Filipina migrants and globalization / Rhacel Salazar Parreñas.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Parreñas, Rhacel Salazar
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, c2008.
Series:Nation of newcomers.
Subjects:
Women foreign workers > United States.
Women household employees > United States.
Foreign workers, Philippine.
Filipino Americans > Social conditions.
Online Access:Contributor biographical information
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Filipina migrants and the force of domesticity
  • Gender ideologies in the Philippines
  • Patriarchy and neoliberalism in the globalization of care
  • Gender and communication in transnational migrant families
  • The place and placelessness of migrant Filipina domestic workers
  • The derivative status of Asian American women / Rhacel Salazar Parreñas and Winnie Tam
  • The U.S. war on trafficking and the moral disciplining of migrant women
  • Conclusion : analyzing gender and migration from the Philippines.

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