The Asian Migrant's Body : : Emotion, Gender and Sexuality / / ed. by Michiel Baas.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• MitwirkendeR: Baas, Michiel,; Baey, Grace,; Gamburd, Michele Ruth,; Khan, Hareem,; Lam, Theodora,; Li, Alex Yang,; Mahdavi, Pardis,; Ong, Michelle G.,; Pande, Amrita,; Platt, Maria,; Spitzer, Denise L.,; Yang, Peidong,; Yen, Khoo Choon,; Yeoh, Brenda S. A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Baas, Michiel,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: New Mobilities in Asia ; 5
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (210 p.)

This edited volume brings together papers that investigate the way Asian migrants experience, think about, perceive and utilize their bodies as part of the journeys they have embarked on. In exploring how bodies are physically and symbolically marked by migration experiences, the volume seeks to move beyond the immediate effects of hard labour and (potentially) exploitative or abusive situations. It shows that migrants are not only on the receiving end where it concerns their bodies, nor are their bodies only utilized for their work as migrants: they also seek control over their bodies and to make them part of strategies to express themselves. The collective papers in this edited volume argue that the body itself is a primary site for understanding how migrants reflect on and experience their migration trajectories.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 1. 'Not a Lesbian in Dubai, Not gay in Tehran' -- 2. Bodies at Work -- 3. Body, Space, and Migrant Ties -- 4. The Day Off Policy , 'Reverse Domestication', and Emotional Labour among Indonesian Domestic Workers in Singapore -- 5. Embodying the Good Migrant in Ageing -- 6. Proper Conjugation of Bodies -- 7. Border-crossing as Sexual Subjects -- 8. Managing Touch -- Notes on Contributors -- Index