Circulating sadness: Witnessing Filipina mothers' stories of family separation

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-22

  Pratt, Geraldine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family separation; Filipina domestic workers; Testimony; Witnessing

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC WORK; LABOR MIGRATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 62249137099     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663690802574753     Document Type: Article

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