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Autore: | Tyner James A. <1966-> |
Titolo: | Made in the Philippines : gendered discourses and the making of migrants / / James A. Tyner |
Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | xiii, 161 p |
Disciplina: | 331.6/2599 |
Soggetto topico: | Foreign workers, Philippine |
Filipinos - Employment - Foreign countries | |
Soggetto geografico: | Philippines Emigration and immigration Government policy |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-155) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover -- MADE IN THE PHILIPPINES -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- Defining migration -- Approaching gendered migration -- Poststructural feminism and Foucault -- Theoretical sign-posts -- Structure of the book -- 2 The discontinuities of Philippine migration -- A path toward overseas employment -- Development diplomacy and personal sacrifice -- Migration as self-fulfillment -- The embodiment of globalization -- A possessive market society -- 3 The making of migrants -- Accumulating bodies -- The objectification of migrants -- The discursive marketing of migrants -- Non-discursive practices -- Discursive formations and subjective incorporations -- 4 The professionalization of entertainment -- Entertaining discourses -- The death of Maricris Sioson -- The professionalization of overseas performing artists -- 5 Performing migration -- Bodies and subjectivities -- The embodiment of a migrant entertainer -- 6 The political process of making migrants -- The politicization of migration -- References -- Index. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Made in the Philippines |
ISBN: | 1-135-99660-1 |
0-367-86381-2 | |
1-280-04792-5 | |
0-203-79989-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910811039003321 |
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