Global Filipinos: Migrants' Lives in the Virtual Village Contributor(s): McKay, Deirdre (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253002052 ISBN-13: 9780253002051 Publisher: Indiana University Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: June 2012 Click for more in this series: Tracking Globalization |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - Political Science | Globalization |
Dewey: 331.625 |
LCCN: 2012000165 |
Series: Tracking Globalization |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.95 lbs) 264 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: Choice 01/01/2013 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Contract workers from the Philippines make up one of the world's largest movements of temporary labor migrants. Deirdre McKay follows Filipino migrants from one rural community to work sites overseas and then home again. Focusing on the experiences of individuals, McKay interrogates current approaches to globalization, multi-sited research, subjectivity, and the village itself. She shows that rather than weakening village ties, temporary labor migration gives the village a new global dimension created in and through the relationships, imaginations, and faith of its members in its potential as a site for a better future. |
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