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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, [2008], ©2008.
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Description
x, 213 pages; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Nation of newcomers
Uniform Title
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 -- 1. Gender Ideologies in the Philippines -- 2. Patriarchy and Neoliberalism in the Globalization of Care -- 3. Gender and Communication in Transnational Migrant Families -- 4. The Place and Placelessness of Migrant Filipina Domestic Workers -- 5. The Derivative Status of Asian American Women / Rhacel Salazar Parrenas and Winnie Tam -- 6. 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
  • 40015728651
OCLC
  • 182529001
  • ocn182529001
  • SCSB-9059159
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries