Migrant Citizenship from Below: Family, Domestic Work, and Social Activism in Irregular Migration

✍ Scribed by Kyoko Shinozaki (auth.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Year: 2015
Tongue: English
Leaves: 233
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Migrant Citizenship from Below explores the dynamic local and transnational lives of Filipina and Filipino migrant domestic workers living in Schönberg, Germany.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Introduction....Pages 1-18
Migrant Citizenship from Below....Pages 19-36
Setting the Scene....Pages 37-69
Transforming a Private Home....Pages 71-99
Gendered Parenting across Borders....Pages 101-149
Social Activism in the Making....Pages 151-170
Conclusion....Pages 171-176
Back Matter....Pages 177-218

✦ Subjects

Political Science;Family;Migration;Sociology of Work;Political Communication;Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology

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