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. Export processing zones such as Batam are both celebrated and vil...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lindquist, Johan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2009.
Colección:Southeast Asia--politics, meaning, memory.
Temas:
Migrant labor > Indonesia > Batam Island.
Women migrant labor > Indonesia > Batam Island.
Marginality, Social > Indonesia > Batam Island.
Globalization > Economic aspects > Indonesia > Batam Island.
Globalization > Social aspects > Indonesia > Batam Island.
Travailleurs migrants > Indonésie > Batam.
Travailleuses migrantes > Indonésie > Batam.
Mondialisation > Indonésie > Batam.
Mondialisation > Aspect social > Indonésie > Batam.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Hospitality, Travel & Tourism.
Globalization > Economic aspects
Globalization > Social aspects
Marginality, Social
Migrant labor
Women migrant labor
Migration
Globalisierung
Indonesia > Batam Island
Batam
Singapur
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Borderland formations
  • The diluted enclave
  • The economy of the night
  • Fantasy island
  • Revolving doors of dispossession
  • Between stress beach and fantasy island.

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