02861nam 2200649Ia 450 991045196830332120200520144314.01-280-59636-897866136261960-253-00222-2(CKB)2550000000103163(EBL)816845(OCoLC)794663269(MiAaPQ)EBC816845(OCoLC)821737607(MdBmJHUP)muse18212(Au-PeEL)EBL816845(CaPaEBR)ebr10565307(CaONFJC)MIL362619(EXLCZ)99255000000010316320120112d2012 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGlobal Filipinos[electronic resource] migrants' lives in the virtual village /Deirdre McKayBloomington Indiana University Pressc20121 online resource (265 p.)Tracking globalizationDescription based upon print version of record.0-253-00205-2 0-253-00212-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Finding the village -- Becoming a global kind of woman -- Failing to progress -- New territories -- Haunted by images -- Moving on -- Come what may -- Conclusion : the virtual village -- On affect : a methodological note.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 migration gives the village a new global dimension created in and through the relationships, imaginations, and faith of its members in its potentialTracking globalization.FilipinosEmploymentForeign countriesForeign workers, PhilippineForeign countriesGlobalizationSocial aspectsPhilippinesHaliapMigrant laborPhilippinesHaliapHaliap (Philippines)Economic conditionsHaliap (Philippines)Social conditionsElectronic books.FilipinosEmploymentForeign workers, PhilippineGlobalizationSocial aspectsMigrant labor331.6/2599McKay Deirdre1967-948641MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451968303321Global Filipinos2144337UNINA