LEADER 03318nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910790287003321 005 20230126210946.0 010 $a1-4529-4672-8 010 $a0-8166-8009-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000180163 035 $a(EBL)902554 035 $a(OCoLC)792688089 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000635169 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11383377 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000635169 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10644122 035 $a(PQKB)10290239 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001177701 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC902554 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse29921 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL902554 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10555682 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL525813 035 $a(OCoLC)794492300 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000180163 100 $a20111129d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFamilies apart$b[electronic resource] $emigrant mothers and the conflicts of labor and love /$fGeraldine Pratt 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (xxxv, 263 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-6999-6 311 $a0-8166-6998-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aEnterprising 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. 330 $aIn 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 who 606 $aForeign workers, Philippine$zCanada 606 $aWomen foreign workers$zCanada 606 $aWomen household employees$zCanada 606 $aFilipinos$zCanada 606 $aWorking mothers$zCanada 606 $aImmigrant families$zCanada 606 $aMother and child$zPhilippines 607 $aPhilippines$xEmigration and immigration$xSocial aspects 607 $aCanada$xEmigration and immigration$xSocial aspects 615 0$aForeign workers, Philippine 615 0$aWomen foreign workers 615 0$aWomen household employees 615 0$aFilipinos 615 0$aWorking mothers 615 0$aImmigrant families 615 0$aMother and child 676 $a331.4089/9921071 700 $aPratt$b Geraldine$0271857 712 02$aPhilippine Women Centre of B.C. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790287003321 996 $aFamilies apart$93688950 997 $aUNINA