Name: Born out of Place: Migrant Mothers and the Politics of International Labor
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Author: Nicole Constable
ISBN: 9780520282025

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Physical Book

Publisher

University Of California Press

Author

Nicole Constable

Year

2014

Language

English

Pages

280

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780520282025

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Synopsis "Born out of Place: Migrant Mothers and the Politics of International Labor"

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.

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