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The force of domesticity : Filipina migrants and globalization

Title
The force of domesticity : Filipina migrants and globalization / Rhacel Salazar Parreñas.
Author
Parreñas, Rhacel Salazar.
Publication
New York : New York University Press, c2008.
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Description
x, 213 p.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Nation of newcomers
Subject
  • Women Foreign workers > United States
  • Women household employees > United States
  • Foreign workers, Filipino
  • Filipino Americans > Social conditions
Bibliography (note)
  • 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.
Call Number
JFE 08-6007
ISBN
  • 9780814767344 (cl : alk. paper)
  • 0814767346 (cl : alk. paper)
  • 9780814767351 (pb : alk. paper)
  • 0814767354 (pb : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008008052
OCLC
182529001
Author
Parreñas, Rhacel Salazar.
Title
The force of domesticity : Filipina migrants and globalization / Rhacel Salazar Parreñas.
Imprint
New York : New York University Press, c2008.
Series
Nation of newcomers
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-207) and index.
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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
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JFE 08-6007
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