Stuck at home: pandemic immobilities in the nation of emigration
Auteur :
Ortiga, Yasmin Y.
Éditeur :
Stanford University Press
ISBN :
9781503642812
Date de publication :
27 mai 2025
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The Philippines is among the most successful migrant-sending nations in the world, both lauded and critiqued for exporting its own citizens to a global labor market. Yasmin Y. Ortiga brings readers beyond this popular image to explore questions often overlooked: What happens when workers who were encouraged to emigrate are suddenly unable to leave?