Born out of place : migrant mothers and the politics of international labor

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

"Hong Kong is a meeting ground for migrant domestic workers, traders, refugees, asylum seekers, tourists and businessmen, and local residents. At the heart of this book are the stories and experiences of migrant mothers from Indonesia and the Philippines, their South Asian, African, Chinese, an...

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Main Author: Constable, Nicole
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Women immigrants > China > Hong Kong > Social conditions.
Women foreign workers > China > Hong Kong > Social conditions.
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Hong Kong (China) > Emigration and immigration.
Table of Contents:
  • A very tiny problem
  • Ethnography and everyday life
  • Women
  • Men
  • Sex and babies
  • Wives and workers
  • Asylum seekers and overstayers
  • The migratory cycle of atonement.

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