Global Filipinos: Migrants' Lives in the Virtual Village

by Deirdre McKay

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253002052
• ISBN13: 9780253002051
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher