LEADER 04560nam 2200901 450 001 9910787886703321 005 20230126212129.0 010 $a0-8047-9056-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9780804790567 035 $a(CKB)2670000000528917 035 $a(EBL)1634054 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001112356 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12433011 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001112356 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11161808 035 $a(PQKB)10598733 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1634054 035 $a(DE-B1597)564098 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780804790567 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1634054 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10844267 035 $a(OCoLC)870950679 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000528917 100 $a20131025h20142014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInsufficient funds $ethe culture of money in low-wage transnational families /$fHung Cam Thai 210 1$aStanford, California :$cStanford University Press,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (509 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8047-7732-2 311 $a0-8047-7731-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aSix 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. 330 $aEvery year migrants across the globe send more than $500 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. 606 $aVietnamese$zUnited States$xEconomic conditions 606 $aVietnamese$zUnited States$xSocial conditions 606 $aImmigrants$xFamily relationships$zUnited States 606 $aImmigrants$xFamily relationships$zVietnam 606 $aMoney$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aMoney$xSocial aspects$zVietnam 606 $aFamilies$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States 606 $aFamilies$xEconomic aspects$zVietnam 606 $aTransnationalism$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aTransnationalism$xSocial aspects$zVietnam 610 $aSaigon. 610 $aVietnam. 610 $aVietnamese diaspora. 610 $aconsumption. 610 $aexpenditure cascade. 610 $alow-wage immigrants. 610 $amigrant money. 610 $aremittances. 610 $asocial worth. 610 $atransnational families. 615 0$aVietnamese$xEconomic conditions. 615 0$aVietnamese$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aImmigrants$xFamily relationships 615 0$aImmigrants$xFamily relationships 615 0$aMoney$xSocial aspects 615 0$aMoney$xSocial aspects 615 0$aFamilies$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aFamilies$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aTransnationalism$xSocial aspects 615 0$aTransnationalism$xSocial aspects 676 $a305.8959/22073 700 $aThai$b Hung Cam$f1976-$01555575 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787886703321 996 $aInsufficient funds$93849023 997 $aUNINA