| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 213 pages) : illustrations |
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data file |
| Series |
EASA series ; 17
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EASA series ; v. 17.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
In Israel, as in numerous countries of the global North, Filipina women have been recruited in large numbers for domestic work, typically as live-in caregivers for the elderly. The case of Israel is unique in that the country has a special significance as the 'Holy Land' for the predominantly devout Christian Filipina women and is at the center of an often violent conflict, which affects Filipinos in many ways. In the literature, migrant domestic workers are often described as being subject to racial discrimination, labour exploitation and exclusion from mainstream society. Here, the author pr. |
| Contents |
CARING FOR THE 'HOLY LAND'; EASA Series; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Israeli Migration Regime: On Foreign Workers and Migrants; Chapter 2. Transnational Female Lives; Chapter 3. Caring for the 'Holy Land'; Chapter 4. On Weekends, Together: The Making and Unmaking of a Filipino Community; Chapter 5. Feeling Manila, Living in Hiding and Appropriating the Black Part of the 'White City': Filipinos in Tel Aviv; Chapter 6. Global Dreaming; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Household employees -- Israel.
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Women foreign workers -- Israel.
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Israel -- Emigration and immigration.
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Philippines -- Emigration and immigration.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. |
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Emigration and immigration. |
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Household employees. |
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Women foreign workers. |
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Israel. |
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Philippines. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 9786613395139 |
| ISBN |
9780857452627 (electronic bk.) |
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0857452622 (electronic bk.) |
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1283395134 |
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9781283395137 |
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9780857452610 |
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0857452614 |
| Standard No. |
9786613395139 |
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