Children of Global Migration Transnational Families and Gendered Woes

Name: Children of Global Migration Transnational Families and Gendered Woes
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ISBN: 9780804749459

ISBN-10: 0804749450

ISBN-13: 9780804749459

Edition: 2005

Authors: Rhacel Parreï¿½as

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In the Philippines, a dramatic increase in labor migration has created a large population of transnational migrant families. Thousands of children now grow up apart from one or both parents, as the parents are forced to work outside the country in order to send their children to school, give them access to quality health care, or, in some cases, just provide them with enough food. While the issue of transnational families has already generated much interest, this book is the first to offer a close look at the lives of the children in these families. Drawing on in-depth interviews with the family members left behind, the author examines two dimensions of the transnational family. First, she…

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List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 3/25/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Introduction : gender and the transnational family



The global economy of care



The dismal view of transnational households



Caring for the family : why parents leave the Philippines



The gap between migrant fathers and their children



The gender paradox : recreating "the family" in women's migration



Gendered care expectations : children in mother-away transnational families



The overlooked second generation : the experience of prolonged separation in two-parent migrant families


Conclusion : the persistence of gender