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

Author
Parreñas, Rhacel Salazar [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York : New York University Press, ©2008.
Description
x, 213 pages ; 24 cm.

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    Nation of newcomers [More in this series]
    Summary note
    Taking as her subjects migrant Filipina domestic workers in Rome and Los Angeles, transnational migrant families in the Philippines, and Filipina migrant entertainers in Tokyo, the author documents the social, cultural, and political pressures that maintain women{u2019}s domesticity in migration, as well as the ways migrant women and their children negotiate these adversities. She examines the underlying constructions of gender in neoliberal state regimes, export-oriented economies such as that of the Philippines, protective migration laws, and the actions and decisions of migrant Filipino women in maintaining families and communities, raising questions about gender relations, the status of women in globalization, and the meanings of greater consumptive power that migration garners for women.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-207) and index.
    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.
    ISBN
    • 9780814767344 ((cl ; : alk. paper))
    • 0814767346 ((cl ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780814767351 ((pb ; : alk. paper))
    • 0814767354 ((pb ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2008008052
    OCLC
    182529001
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