Cargando…

The Anxieties of Mobility : Migration and Tourism in the Indonesian Borderlands /

Since the late 1960s the Indonesian island of Batam has been transformed from a sleepy fishing village to a booming frontier town, where foreign investment, mostly from neighboring Singapore, converges with inexpensive land and labor. Indonesian female migrants dominate the island's economic la...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lindquist, Johan A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [2008]
Colección:Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning, and Memory ; 44
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Borderland Formations
  • 2. The Diluted Enclave
  • 3. The Economy of the Night
  • 4. Fantasy Island
  • 5. Revolving Doors of Dispossession
  • 6. Between Stress Beach and Fantasy Island
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index
  • About the Author