In sickness and in wealth : migration, gendered morality, and Central Java /

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"Villagers in Indonesia hear a steady stream of stories about the injuries, abuses, and even deaths suffered by those who migrate in search of work. So why do hundreds of thousands of Indonesian workers continue to migrate every year? Carol Chan explores this question from the perspective of th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Chan, Carol (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018]
Series:Framing the global book series.
Subjects:
Foreign workers, Indonesian.
Foreign workers' families > Indonesia > Jawa Tengah > Attitudes.
Indonesians > Employment > Foreign countries.
Women foreign workers > Indonesia.
Travailleurs étrangers indonésiens.
Indonésiens > Travail > Pays étrangers.
Travailleuses étrangères > Indonésie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General.
Foreign workers, Indonesian
Women foreign workers
Indonesia
Indonesia > Jawa Tengah
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : faith in migration
  • The politics of morality and identity in Central Java
  • Mobilizing and moralizing Indonesia
  • Evaluating migrant success and failure
  • Shame
  • Faith
  • Contesting the terms of belonging: views of/from elsewhere
  • Conclusion : gendered moral economies of migration.

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