Children of global migration : transnational families and gendered woes /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Parreñas, Rhacel Salazar
Format:	Printed Book
Published:	Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:	Children of foreign workers > Philippines Parental deprivation > Philippines. Families > Philippines. Foreign workers, Filipino > Foreign countries. Filipinos > Foreign countries.
Online Access:	http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0420/2004016220.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0710/2004016220-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0710/2004016220-d.html

Table of Contents:

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.

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