Families apart : migrant mothers and the conflicts of labor and love /

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In a developing nation like the Philippines, many mothers provide for their families by traveling to a foreign country to care for someone else's. Families Apart focuses on Filipino overseas workers in Canada to reveal what such arrangements mean for families on both sides of the global divide....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pratt, Geraldine (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: Philippine Women Centre of B.C
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2012.
Temas:
Foreign workers, Filipino > Canada.
Women foreign workers > Canada.
Women household employees > Canada.
Filipinos > Canada.
Working mothers > Canada.
Immigrant families > Canada.
Mother and child > Philippines.
Travailleurs étrangers philippins > Canada.
Travailleuses étrangères > Canada.
Employées de maison > Canada.
Philippins > Canada.
Mères au travail > Canada.
Familles immigrantes > Canada.
Mère et enfant > Philippines.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Globalization.
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
Filipinos
Foreign workers, Filipino
Immigrant families
Mother and child
Women foreign workers
Women household employees
Working mothers
Philippines > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Canada > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Canada
Philippines
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