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Beschreibung

Focusing on the experience of Filipino caregivers in London, some of whom are living and working illegally in their host country, Deirdre McKay considers what migrant workers must do to navigate their way in a global marketplace. She draws on interviews and participant observations, her own long-term fieldwork in communities in the Philippines, and digital ethnography to present an intricate consideration of how these caregivers create stability in potentially precarious living situations. McKay argues that these workers gain resilience from the bonding networks they construct for themselves through social media, faith groups, and community centers. These networks generate an elaborate "archipelago of care" through which migrants create their sense of self.

Focusing on the experience of Filipino caregivers in London, some of whom are living and working illegally in their host country, Deirdre McKay considers what migrant workers must do to navigate their way in a global marketplace. She draws on interviews and participant observations, her own long-term fieldwork in communities in the Philippines, and digital ethnography to present an intricate consideration of how these caregivers create stability in potentially precarious living situations. McKay argues that these workers gain resilience from the bonding networks they construct for themselves through social media, faith groups, and community centers. These networks generate an elaborate "archipelago of care" through which migrants create their sense of self.

Über den Autor

Deirdre McKay is Senior Lecturer in Social Geography and Environmental Politics at Keele University. She is author of Global Filipinos: Migrants' Lives in the Virtual Village (IUP) and a Framing the Global fellow.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

On Transliteration

Introduction: Archipelago of Care

1. In London

2. At Church

3. On Facebook

4. In the Community Center

5. At Our House

6. Back Home

7. In Transit

Conclusion: Care and the Global Shatter Zone

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Details
Empfohlen (von): 22
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Importe, Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Indiana University Press (IPS)
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780253024831
ISBN-10: 0253024838
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mckay, Deirdre
Hersteller: Indiana University Press
Indiana University Press (IPS)
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Mare Nostrum Group B.V., Doelen 72, ?-4831 GR Breda, gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk
Maße: 229 x 152 x 11 mm
Von/Mit: Deirdre Mckay
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.2017
Gewicht: 0,307 kg
Artikel-ID: 103830450