Emotions in Transmigration [electronic resource] : Transformation, Movement and Identity /
Brooks, A.author.
Simpson, R.author.
The book explores the intersection of emotions and migration in a number of case studies from across the USA, Europe and Southeast Asia, including the transmigration of female domestic workers, transmigrant marriages, transmigrant workers in the entertainment industry and asylum seekers and refugees who are the victims of domestic violence.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Understanding Emotions in Transmigration in Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States; 1 The Significance of Emotions in Contemporary Social Theorizing; 2 Gender, Emotions and Migration in a European Context; 3 Dirty Work, Identity and Emotions: The Polish Experience; 4 The Feminization of Migration and Emotions in Transmigration in Southeast Asia; 5 Agency in the Construction of Emotions in Transmigration in Different Cultural and Work Contexts
6 'Unseen America': Citizenship and the Politics of Migration in California7 'California Dreamin'': Transformation and Identity in the Experiences of Migrants into the San Francisco Bay Area; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The book explores the intersection of emotions and migration in a number of case studies from across the USA, Europe and Southeast Asia, including the transmigration of female domestic workers, transmigrant marriages, transmigrant workers in the entertainment industry and asylum seekers and refugees who are the victims of domestic violence.
Emigration and immigration.
Sociology.
Industrial sociology.
Ethnography.
Emotions.
Economic sociology.
Migration.
Gender Studies.
Sociology of Work.
Ethnography.
Emotion.
Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.