| Description |
1 online resource (210 pages) |
| Series |
New mobilities in Asia ; 5 |
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New mobilities in Asia ; 5.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 1. 'Not a Lesbian in Dubai, Not gay in Tehran' -- 2. Bodies at Work -- 3. Body, Space, and Migrant Ties -- 4. The Day Off Policy , 'Reverse Domestication', and Emotional Labour among Indonesian Domestic Workers in Singapore -- 5. Embodying the Good Migrant in Ageing -- 6. Proper Conjugation of Bodies -- 7. Border-crossing as Sexual Subjects -- 8. Managing Touch -- Notes on Contributors -- Index |
| Summary |
The Asian Migrant's Body: Emotion, Gender and Sexuality brings together papers that investigate the way Asian migrants experience, think about, perceive and utilize their bodies as part of the journeys they have embarked on. In exploring how bodies are physically and symbolically marked by migration experiences, this edited volume seeks to move beyond the immediate effects of hard labour and (potentially) exploitative or abusive situations. It shows that migrants are not only on the receiving end where it concerns their bodies, nor are their bodies only utilized for their work as migrants: they also seek control over their bodies and to make them part of strategies to express themselves. The collective papers in The Asian Migrant's Body argue that the body itself is a primary site for understanding how migrants reflect on and experience their migration trajectories |
| Analysis |
Migration, Body, Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Asians -- Migrations.
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Gender identity -- Asia
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Migration, immigration and emigration.
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Gender studies, gender groups.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Body Language & Nonverbal Communication.
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Asians -- Migrations
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Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
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Gender identity
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| SUBJECT |
Asia -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
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| Subject |
Asia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Baas, Michiel, editor.
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Project Muse
2020 Middle Eastern Studies
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| ISBN |
9789048540976 |
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9048540976 |
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