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In sickness and in wealth : migration, gendered morality, and Central Java / Carol Chan.

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"Villagers in Indonesia hear a steady stream of stories about the injuries, abuses, and even deaths suffered by those who migrate in search of work. So why do hundreds of thousands of Indonesian workers continue to migrate every year? Carol Chan explores this question from the perspective of th...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Chan, Carol
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018]
Series:Framing the global book series
Subjects:
Foreign workers, Indonesian.
Foreign workers' families > Indonesia > Jawa Tengah > Attitudes.
Indonesians > Employment > Foreign countries.
Women foreign workers > Indonesia.
Foreign workers, Indonesian
Women foreign workers
Indonesia
Indonesia > Jawa Tengah
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Front Cover
  • Half Title
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Names and Indonesian Currency
  • List of Abbreviations and Terms
  • Introduction: Faith in Migration
  • 1 The Politics of Morality and Identity in Central Java
  • 2 Mobilizing and Moralizing Indonesia
  • 3 Evaluating Migrant Success and Failure
  • 4 Shame
  • 5 Faith
  • 6 Contesting the Terms of Belonging: Views of/from Elsewhere
  • Conclusion: Gendered Moral Economies of Migration
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Back Cover

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