| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 259 pages) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Women immigrants -- China -- Hong Kong -- Social conditions
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Women foreign workers -- China -- Hong Kong -- Social conditions
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Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Emigration and immigration
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Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
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Women foreign workers -- Social conditions
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Women immigrants -- Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Hong Kong (China) -- Emigration and immigration
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| Subject |
China -- Hong Kong
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1306463335 |
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9781306463331 |
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9780520957770 |
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0520957776 |
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