Born Out of Place
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asian immigration
asian migration
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Author_Nicole Constable
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china
chinese politics
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ethnography
family
filipina women
global problems
hong kong
humanity
indonesia
indonesian women
labor politics
local residents
major city
migrant domestic workers
migrant mothers
migrants
migration
migration politics
mobility
morality
mothering
parenthood
parenting
refugees
south asia
temporary workers
the philippine islands
tourists
traders
working class
world city
Product details
- ISBN 9780520282025
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 14 Mar 2014
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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, and Western expatriate partners, and their Hong Kong born babies. Constable gives voice to the immigrant mothers in this Asian world city and, in the process, raises a serious question: do we regard immigrants as people, or just 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.
Nicole Constable is Director of Asian Studies and Professor of Anthropology in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and Research Professor in the University Center for International Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. She is the author of Romance on a Global Stage: Pen Pals, Virtual Ethnography, and "Mail Order" Marriages and Maid to Order in Hong Kong: Stories of Migrant Workers.
