Children of global migration : transnational families and gendered woes /
Rhacel Salazar Parreņas.
- xi, 212 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-207) and index.
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. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
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Parental deprivation--Philippines Families--Philippines Foreign workers, Filipino--Foreign countries Filipinos--Employment--Foreign countries