Detalles del documento

Imprima y guarde

Artículo de periódico

Contradictions of Class and Consumption When the Commodity Is Labour

Fecha

2004

Autores

Pauline Gardiner Barber

Resumen

This paper poses a critique of globalization discourse through an examination of Philippine migration ethnography. With the dramatic increase in scale in the mid-1980s, Philippine gendered labour migration has been subjected to scrutiny by academics & other protagonists raising the possibility of a critical Philippine transnational politics. However, the relatively new ethnographic literature explores the constrained labour process of domestic service work & cultural practices which condition migrants for exploitation. Class issues remain largely unexplored in this literature for theoretical & methodological reasons. Here, multisited research enables the mapping of contradictions of class & consumption associated with the normalization of migration in Philippine society & politics. The complexities of production & consumption surround the migration industry are also discussed. 48 References. Adapted from the source document.

Journal title

Anthropologica

Volumen

46

Conexiones

Los sectores económicos

Occupations in services - Domestic work

Los grupos destinatarios

Los investigadores

Relevancia geográfica

Filipinas

Esferas de la actividad

Estudios en Género y Sexualidad y Ciencias Políticas

Idiomas

Inglés