An archipelago of care : Filipino migrants and global networks / Deirdre McKay.
Material type: TextSeries: Global research studiesPublisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2016]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780253024985
- 0253024986
- Foreign workers, Filipino -- Social networks -- England -- London
- Kankanay (Philippine people) -- Social networks -- England -- London
- Household employees -- Social networks -- England -- London
- Service industries workers -- Social networks -- England -- London
- Travailleurs étrangers philippins -- Réseaux sociaux -- Angleterre -- Londres
- Kankanay (Peuple des Philippines) -- Réseaux sociaux -- Angleterre -- Londres
- Employés de maison -- Réseaux sociaux -- Angleterre -- Londres
- Services (Industrie) -- Personnel -- Réseaux sociaux -- Angleterre -- Londres
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural
- England -- London
- 331.5/440899921 23
- HD8398.F55 M35 2016
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
In London -- At church -- On Facebook -- In the community center -- At our house -- Back home -- In transit.
"Focusing on the experience of Filipino caregivers in London, some of whom are living and working illegally in their host country, Deirdre McKay considers what migrant workers must do to navigate their way in a global marketplace. She draws on interviews and participant observations, her own long-term fieldwork in communities in the Philippines, and digital ethnography to present an intricate consideration of how these caregivers create stability in potentially precarious living situations. McKay argues that these workers gain resilience from the bonding networks they construct for themselves through social media, faith groups, and community centers. These networks generate an elaborate "archipelago of care" through which migrants create their sense of self"-- Provided by publisher.
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