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Author:

Parreñas, Rhacel Salazar.

Title:

The force of domesticity : Filipina migrants and globalization / Rhacel Salazar Parreñas.

Publisher:

New York University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

x, 213 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Women foreign workers--United States.
Women household employees--United States.
Foreign workers, Philippine.
Filipino Americans--Social conditions.

Notes:

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.

Series:

Nation of newcomers.

ISBN:

0814767346 (cl : alk. paper)
9780814767344 (cl : alk. paper)
0814767354 (pb : alk. paper)
9780814767351 (pb : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)182529001

LCCN:

2008008052

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)