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Global Filipinos: Migrants´ Lives in the Virtual Village
Deirdre McKay
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Description for Global Filipinos: Migrants´ Lives in the Virtual Village
Paperback. Discusses changes and continuities produced by globalization Series: Tracking Globalization. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 b&w illus., 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMP; JFFN; JFFS; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Series
Tracking Globalization
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253002051
SKU
V9780253002051
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Deirdre McKay
Deirdre McKay is Senior Lecturer in Geography and Environmental Politics at Keele University.
Reviews for Global Filipinos: Migrants´ Lives in the Virtual Village
The problems of overseas Filipino workers with loneliness; long absences from spouses, children, and other relatives; abuse by employers and governments; and efforts to use their time and talent to further individual opportunities are understood easily in McKay's monograph. The photos of her Filipino informants . . . add a human touch to the topic of overseas workers. . . ... Read more