The Asian Migrant's Body : : Emotion, Gender and Sexuality /

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

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 mov...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (210 p.)
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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

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