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Migrant citizenship from below : family, domestic work, and social activism in irregular migration / Kyoko Shinozaki.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New york: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.Description: xv, 218 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781137410436 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 331.5/440899921043 23
LOC classification:
  • HD8458.F55 S54 2015
Contents:
Conceptualizing migrant citizenship from below -- Setting the scene : understanding "foggy social structures" -- Transforming a private home into a site of employment relations -- Bridging care gaps : gendered transnational parenthood in transnational migrant households -- Social activism in the making : religious practices and health at the (trans)-local scale -- Conclusion : migrant citizenship from below : looking back, looking ahead.
Summary: "Explores the dynamic local and transnational lives of Filipina and Filipino migrant domestic workers living in "Schönberg," Germany. Shinozaki examines how these spatially immobile migrants inhabit different locations within the city, and how they maintain sustained transnational engagements through parenting and religious practices"--
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Books in General collection Books in General collection Mzuzu University Library and Learning Resources Centre HD 8458.F55 SHI 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 009742 Available MzULM-009742

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Conceptualizing migrant citizenship from below -- Setting the scene : understanding "foggy social structures" -- Transforming a private home into a site of employment relations -- Bridging care gaps : gendered transnational parenthood in transnational migrant households -- Social activism in the making : religious practices and health at the (trans)-local scale -- Conclusion : migrant citizenship from below : looking back, looking ahead.

"Explores the dynamic local and transnational lives of Filipina and Filipino migrant domestic workers living in "Schönberg," Germany. Shinozaki examines how these spatially immobile migrants inhabit different locations within the city, and how they maintain sustained transnational engagements through parenting and religious practices"--

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