04560nam 2200901 450 991078788670332120230126212129.00-8047-9056-610.1515/9780804790567(CKB)2670000000528917(EBL)1634054(SSID)ssj0001112356(PQKBManifestationID)12433011(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001112356(PQKBWorkID)11161808(PQKB)10598733(MiAaPQ)EBC1634054(DE-B1597)564098(DE-B1597)9780804790567(Au-PeEL)EBL1634054(CaPaEBR)ebr10844267(OCoLC)870950679(EXLCZ)99267000000052891720131025h20142014 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInsufficient funds the culture of money in low-wage transnational families /Hung Cam ThaiStanford, California :Stanford University Press,[2014]©20141 online resource (509 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8047-7732-2 0-8047-7731-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Six tales of migrant money -- The making of a transnational expenditure cascade -- Money as a currency of care -- The migrant provider role -- The American dream in Vietnam -- Compensatory consumption -- Emulative consumption -- The cyclical entrenchment of monetary habits -- The high price of esteem consumption -- Tall promises -- Conclusion : special money in low-wage transnational families.Every year migrants across the globe send more than 00 billion to relatives in their home countries, and this circulation of money has important personal, cultural, and emotional implications for the immigrants and their family members alike. Insufficient Funds tells the story of how low-wage Vietnamese immigrants in the United States and their poor, non-migrant family members give, receive, and spend money. Drawing on interviews and fieldwork with more than one hundred members of transnational families, Hung Cam Thai examines how and why immigrants, who largely earn low wages as hairdressers, cleaners, and other "invisible" workers, send home a substantial portion of their earnings, as well as spend lavishly on relatives during return trips. Extending beyond mere altruism, this spending is motivated by complex social obligations and the desire to gain self-worth despite their limited economic opportunities in the United States. At the same time, such remittances raise expectations for standards of living, producing a cascade effect that monetizes family relationships. Insufficient Funds powerfully illuminates these and other contradictions associated with money and its new meanings in an increasingly transnational world.VietnameseUnited StatesEconomic conditionsVietnameseUnited StatesSocial conditionsImmigrantsFamily relationshipsUnited StatesImmigrantsFamily relationshipsVietnamMoneySocial aspectsUnited StatesMoneySocial aspectsVietnamFamiliesEconomic aspectsUnited StatesFamiliesEconomic aspectsVietnamTransnationalismSocial aspectsUnited StatesTransnationalismSocial aspectsVietnamSaigon.Vietnam.Vietnamese diaspora.consumption.expenditure cascade.low-wage immigrants.migrant money.remittances.social worth.transnational families.VietnameseEconomic conditions.VietnameseSocial conditions.ImmigrantsFamily relationshipsImmigrantsFamily relationshipsMoneySocial aspectsMoneySocial aspectsFamiliesEconomic aspectsFamiliesEconomic aspectsTransnationalismSocial aspectsTransnationalismSocial aspects305.8959/22073Thai Hung Cam1976-1555575MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787886703321Insufficient funds3849023UNINA