The Anxieties of Mobility : : Migration and Tourism in the Indonesian Borderlands / / Johan A. Lindquist.
Since the late 1960s the Indonesian island of Batam has been transformed from a sleepy fishing village to a booming frontier town, where foreign investment, mostly from neighboring Singapore, converges with inexpensive land and labor. Indonesian female migrants dominate the island's economic la...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2008] ©2008 |
| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning, and Memory ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (216 p.) :; 14 b&w images, 1 map |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Borderland Formations
- 2. The Diluted Enclave
- 3. The Economy of the Night
- 4. Fantasy Island
- 5. Revolving Doors of Dispossession
- 6. Between Stress Beach and Fantasy Island
- Notes
- References
- Index
- About the Author