03318nam 2200757 a 450 991079028700332120230126210946.01-4529-4672-80-8166-8009-4(CKB)2670000000180163(EBL)902554(OCoLC)792688089(SSID)ssj0000635169(PQKBManifestationID)11383377(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000635169(PQKBWorkID)10644122(PQKB)10290239(StDuBDS)EDZ0001177701(MiAaPQ)EBC902554(MdBmJHUP)muse29921(Au-PeEL)EBL902554(CaPaEBR)ebr10555682(CaONFJC)MIL525813(OCoLC)794492300(EXLCZ)99267000000018016320111129d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFamilies apart[electronic resource] migrant mothers and the conflicts of labor and love /Geraldine PrattMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20121 online resource (xxxv, 263 pages) illustrationsDescription based upon print version of record.0-8166-6999-6 0-8166-6998-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Enterprising women, failing children: living within the contradictions of neo(liberalism) -- Waiting and the trauma of separation -- Listening to mothers' stories -- Creating new spaces of politics: Nanay: a testimonial play -- Acting on attachments: intimate witness to state violence in the Philippines.In a developing nation like the Philippines, many mothers provide for their families by traveling to a foreign country to care for someone else's. Families Apart focuses on Filipino overseas workers in Canada to reveal what such arrangements mean for families on both sides of the global divide. The outcome of Geraldine Pratt's collaboration with the Philippine Women Centre of British Columbia, this study documents the difficulties of family separation and the problems that children have when they reunite with their mothers in Vancouver. Aimed at those who have lived this experience, those whoForeign workers, PhilippineCanadaWomen foreign workersCanadaWomen household employeesCanadaFilipinosCanadaWorking mothersCanadaImmigrant familiesCanadaMother and childPhilippinesPhilippinesEmigration and immigrationSocial aspectsCanadaEmigration and immigrationSocial aspectsForeign workers, PhilippineWomen foreign workersWomen household employeesFilipinosWorking mothersImmigrant familiesMother and child331.4089/9921071Pratt Geraldine271857Philippine Women Centre of B.C.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790287003321Families apart3688950UNINA