{"product_id":"the-force-of-domesticity-9780814767351","title":"The Force of Domesticity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrates how the operation of globalization enforces notions of women's domesticity and creates contradictory messages about women's place in society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis forceful study is as ethnographically gripping as it is theoretically sophisticated. Parreñass incisive examination leads us to new analytic terrain by dispelling the myths of globalization. -- David L. Eng,author of Racial Castration\u003cbr\u003eThe Force of Domesticity offers fresh perspectives on the complex linkages of gender and globalization that connect the world today. Through a multi-site analysis of Filipino women, Parreñas shows how domesticity, remittances, and NGO and state-imposed notions of morality conspire to create new structures of inequalities and opportunities for transnational migrant women. -- Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo,author of Domestica\u003cbr\u003eWe found this book to be a compelling analysis of the plight of Filipina emigrants. * Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003eStands by itself as a study of Filipina work-related issues within the Philippines and overseas in the 160 countries in which Filipina domestic workers find themselves. . . . Recommended. * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments Introduction: Filipina Migrants and the Force of Domesticity1. Gender Ideologies in the Philippines 2. Patriarchy and Neoliberalism in the Globalization of Care 3. Gender and Communication in Transnational Migrant Families4. The Place and Placelessness of Migrant Filipina Domestic Workers 5. The Derivative Status of Asian American Women, by Rhacel Salazar Parrenas and Winnie Tam 6. The U.S. War on Trafficking and the Moral Disciplining of Migrant WomenConclusion: Analyzing Gender and Migration from the Philippines NotesBibliography Index About the Author","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405903765847,"sku":"9780814767351","price":22.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-force-of-domesticity-9780814767351","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}