An archipelago of care : Filipino migrants and global networks / Deirdre McKay.

By:

McKay, Deirdre, 1967- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Global research studiesPublisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2016]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780253024985
0253024986

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Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Archipelago of careDDC classification:

331.5/440899921 23

LOC classification:

HD8398.F55

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

In London -- At church -- On Facebook -- In the community center -- At our house -- Back home -- In transit.

Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

In London -- At church -- On Facebook -- In the community center -- At our house -- Back home -- In transit.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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