Born Out of Place

Migrant Mothers and the Politics of International Labor

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Emigration & Immigration, Gender Studies, Women&, Anthropology
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Author: Nicole Constable ISBN: 9780520957770
Publisher: University of California Press Publication: March 14, 2014
Imprint: University of California Press Language: English
Author: Nicole Constable
ISBN: 9780520957770
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication: March 14, 2014
Imprint: University of California Press
Language: English

Hong Kong is a meeting place for migrant domestic workers, traders, refugees, asylum seekers, tourists, businessmen, and local residents. In Born Out of Place, Nicole Constable looks at the experiences of Indonesian and Filipina women in this Asian world city. Giving voice to the stories of these migrant mothers, their South Asian, African, Chinese, and Western expatriate partners, and their Hong Kong–born babies, Constable raises a serious question: Do we regard migrants as people, or just as temporary 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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Hong Kong is a meeting place for migrant domestic workers, traders, refugees, asylum seekers, tourists, businessmen, and local residents. In Born Out of Place, Nicole Constable looks at the experiences of Indonesian and Filipina women in this Asian world city. Giving voice to the stories of these migrant mothers, their South Asian, African, Chinese, and Western expatriate partners, and their Hong Kong–born babies, Constable raises a serious question: Do we regard migrants as people, or just as temporary 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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