Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/QBf6xX Wife or Worker? Asian Women and Migration By: Nicola Piper Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Print ISBN: 9780742523784, 0742523780 eText ISBN: 9780585463810, 0585463816 Format: PDF Available from $ 25.50 USD SKU 9780585463810R120 This volume challenges the dominant discourse that perceives Asian women as either mail-order brides or overseas workers. Providing the first sustained critique of the artificial analytical division between brides and workers, the book demonstrates women's transition from brides to workers and from workers to brides. Focusing on how women workers use marriage as a strategy to gain citizenship and how migrants for marriage become workers, the authors present these modern Asian women in their multidimensional roles as wives, workers, mothers, and citizens. The case studies explore a wide gamut of experiences, including Filipino caregivers in Canada, Thai sex workers in Germany, Filipino brides in Australia, Singaporean expatriates in Shanghai, Taiwanese families split between Taiwan and California, Asian migrants for marriage in Japan, and Filipino domestic helpers in Spain and Italy. All of these show the multiplicity of roles women maintain and emphasize the point that marriage, work, and migration are inextricably linked. Contributions by: Maria W. L. Chee, Michelle Lee, Deirdre McKay, Pat Mix, Tomoko Nakamatsu, Rogelia Pe-Pua, Nicola Piper, Mina Roces, Katie Willis, and Brenda Yeoh. Additional ISBNs 9780742523777, 9780742523784, 0742523772, 0742523780, 9780742523777, 0742523772
