{"product_id":"insufficient-funds-9780804777322","title":"Insufficient Funds","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book focuses on how low-wage Vietnamese immigrants in the United States and their non-migrant family members in Vietnam give, receive, and spend money.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this brilliant landmark study, Hung Thai takes us into the world of Vietnamese immigrants, their lives in the United States and their visits back home where some are greeted as heroic patrons, others as ostentatious spenders, and still others as envious observers of their poor kin who now enjoy luxuries they themselves can ill afford. Through its many, rich close-up portraits, and big-picture lens, this book shifts the way we see migration, family and social class. A must read.\" -- Arlie Hochschild * University of California, Berkeley, co-editor (with Barbara Ehrenreich) of \u003ci\u003eGlobal Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, author of The Outsourced Self *\u003cbr\u003e\"This book by sociologist Thai is a rare combination of 98 personal interviews with low-wage Vietnamese-Americans and their poor relatives in Vietnam. The writing is elegant and blends fascinating block quotations with pithy sentences that summarize main points . . . Social scientists, especially economists, will value the book's insights on monetary circulation and low-wage labor . . . Highly recommended.\" -- J. Hein * \u003ci\u003eCHOICE\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Written by a sociologist doing long-term and multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork, \u003ci\u003eInsufficient Funds\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating account of the ways in which money is given, received, and spent in transnational Vietnamese families . . . The book compellingly analyses the ways in which transnational family relationships are shaped by the flow of money from the United States to Vietnam.\" -- Minh T.N. Nguyen * \u003ci\u003eJournal of the Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Thai convincingly shows that migrant money may be less about maintaining family relations than about performing the American Dream . . . \u003ci\u003eInsufficient Funds\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to scholars in sociology, anthropology, Asian studies, and Asian American studies. It can be used in teaching as the frank testimonies are accompanied by a comprehensive discussion of scholarship on money, migration, and consumption.\" -- Allison Truitt * \u003ci\u003eJournal of Anthropological Research\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eInsufficient Funds\u003c\/i\u003e Hung Cam Thai presents a mesmerizing narrative of money and migration among low-wage Vietnamese transnational families in the United States and their non-migrant relatives in Vietnam . . . Through multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork in both Vietnam and the United States, Thai is able to dig into the fabric of cultural expectations, self-worth, and emotional economies embedding these monetary exchanges . . . I find this an extraordinary book advancing a well-grounded theoretical argument with ample empirical evidence presented in an easy-to-follow manner that will attract not only academics, but also those interested in knowing migrants' life stories.\" -- Hasan Mahmud * \u003ci\u003eEuropean Journal of Development Research\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eInsufficient Funds\u003c\/i\u003e is a major contribution to our understanding of the culture of remittances and transnational families in the world today. With rich narratives and deft analyses, it sheds light on the complex meanings and dynamics of money, obligations, status, and worth in transnational families.\" -- Nazli Kibria * Boston University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Six Tales of Migrant Money\u003cbr\u003e  2. The Making of a Transnational Expenditure Cascade\u003cbr\u003e  3. Money as a Currency of Care\u003cbr\u003e  4. The Migrant Provider Role\u003cbr\u003e  5. The American Dream in Vietnam\u003cbr\u003e  6. Compensatory Consumption\u003cbr\u003e  7. Emulative Consumption\u003cbr\u003e  8. The Cyclical Entrenchment of Monetary Habits\u003cbr\u003e  9. The High Price of Esteem Consumption\u003cbr\u003e  10. Tall Promises\u003cbr\u003e  Conclusion: Special Money in Low-Wage Transnational Families\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884662501719,"sku":"9780804777322","price":19.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804777322.jpg?v=1722532918","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/insufficient-funds-9780804777322","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}