In Sickness and in Wealth : : Migration, Gendered Morality, and Central Java.

1. In Sickness and Wealth looks at migration from the unusual perspective of the migrant-origin community rather than the migrant abroad. 2. This book is a powerful text that stands alone on its own merits, but also fits well with two other works recently published by IUP: Deirdre McKay's An...

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Superior document:Framing the Global Series
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Place / Publishing House:Bloomington : : Indiana University Press,, 2018.
Ã2018.
Year of Publication:2018
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Framing the Global Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (302 pages)
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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.