Geraldine Pratt

Families Apart

Migrant Mothers and the Conflicts of Labor and Love

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

How temporary migration programs haunt the lives of families long after they have reunited

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Minnesota Press
• Seitenzahl: 302
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 352g
• ISBN-13: 9780816669998
• ISBN-10: 0816669996
• Artikelnr.: 34567250

Autorenporträt

Geraldine Pratt is professor of geography at the University of British Columbia.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction. Collaborating with the Philippine Women Centre: Cultivating a
Debate
1. Enterprising Women, Failing Children: Living within the Contradictions
of Neo(Liberalism)
2. Waiting and the Trauma of Separation
3. Listening to Mothers’ Stories
4. Creating New Spaces of Politics: Nanay: A Testimonial Play
5. Acting on Attachments: Intimate Witness to State Violence in the
Philippines
Conclusion: Research into Action
Appendixes
Notes
Bibliography
Index