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Author Parreñas, Rhacel Salazar.

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

Publication Info. New York : New York University Press, [2008]
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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  331.4 P259F    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  331.4 P259F c.2  Check Shelf
Description x, 213 pages ; 24 cm.
Series Nation of newcomers
Nation of newcomers.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
Subject Women foreign workers -- United States.
Women household employees -- United States.
Foreign workers, Filipino.
Filipino Americans -- Social conditions.
ISBN 9780814767344 cloth alkaline paper
0814767346 cloth alkaline paper
9780814767351 pb alkaline paper
0814767354 pb alkaline paper
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