03642nam 2200637 a 450 991045659280332120200520144314.01-280-49256-297866135877940-8135-4829-210.36019/9780813548296(CKB)2520000000007914(EBL)871440(OCoLC)593315747(SSID)ssj0000340151(PQKBManifestationID)11947659(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000340151(PQKBWorkID)10364859(PQKB)11066272(MiAaPQ)EBC871440(MdBmJHUP)muse8128(DE-B1597)529022(OCoLC)1129150813(DE-B1597)9780813548296(Au-PeEL)EBL871440(CaPaEBR)ebr10367289(CaONFJC)MIL358779(EXLCZ)99252000000000791420090225d2010 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMarketing dreams, manufacturing heroes[electronic resource] the transnational labor brokering of Filipino workers /Anna Romina GuevarraNew Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20101 online resource (275 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8135-4633-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Home of the Great Filipino Worker -- 2. Cultivating a Filipino Ethos of Labor Migration -- 3. Governing and (Dis)Empowering Filipino Migrants -- 4. Delivering "Our Contribution to the World" -- 5. Selling Filipinas' Added Export Value -- 6. Living the Dream -- 7. Securing Their Added Export Value -- 8. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- IndexIn a globalized economy that is heavily sustained by the labor of immigrants, why are certain nations defined as "ideal" labor resources and why do certain groups dominate a particular labor force? The Philippines has emerged as a lucrative source of labor for countries around the world. In Marketing Dreams, Manufacturing Heroes Anna Romina Guevarra focuses on the Philippines-which views itself as the "home of the great Filipino worker"-and the multilevel brokering process that manages and sends workers worldwide. She unravels the transnational production of Filipinos as ideal migrant workers by the state and explores how race, color, class, and gender operate. The experience of Filipino nurses and domestic workers-two of the country's prized exports-is at the core of the research, which utilizes interviews with employees at labor brokering agencies, state officials from governmental organizations in the Philippines, and nurses working in the United States. Guevarra's multisited ethnography reveals the disciplinary power that state and employment agencies exercise over care workers-managing migration and garnering wages-to govern social conduct, and brings this isolated yet widespread social problem to life.FilipinosEmploymentForeign countriesForeign workers, PhilippineElectronic books.FilipinosEmploymentForeign workers, Philippine.331.6/2599Guevarra Anna Romina1973-1032808MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456592803321Marketing dreams, manufacturing heroes2450875UNINA