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Transnational Labour Migration, Remittances and the Changing Family in Asia

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Lan Anh Hoang

    1. University of Melbourne, Australia

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  2. Brenda S. A. Yeoh

    1. National University of Singapore, Singapore

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Part of the book series: Anthropology, Change, and Development (ACD)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction: Migration, Remittances and the Family

    1. Introduction: Migration, Remittances and the Family

      • Lan Anh Hoang, Brenda S. A. Yeoh
      Pages 1-23

  5. (Non-)Remittance and the Family in Crisis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 255-255
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    2. Rethinking Remittances through Emotion: Filipina Migrant Labourers in Singapore and Transnational Families Undone

      • Sallie Yea
      Pages 257-282

    3. Transnational Labour Migration, Debts and Family Economics in Vietnam

      • Lan Anh Hoang, Brenda S. A. Yeoh
      Pages 283-310

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 311-331
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About this book

The contributors investigate the inter-relationships between migrant remittances and the family in Asia. They argue that, in the context of Asian transnational labour migration where remittances tend to become a primary currency of care, the making or breaking of the family unit is mainly contingent on how individuals handle remittance processes.

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“This volume, edited by Hoang and Yeoh, is a valuable addition to qualitative research on impacts of migration, building upon previous works that examine local–global networks responsible for, as well as created through, processes of migration. … this book pays particular attention to the intertwining of the symbolic and economic significance of remittances, and its impact on the family unit. … This is a highly recommended text for scholars researching migration, gender, Asia and international development.” (Aparna Parikh, Progress in Development Studies, Vol. 17 (3), 2017)

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Melbourne, Australia

    Lan Anh Hoang

  • National University of Singapore, Singapore

    Brenda S. A. Yeoh

About the editors

Cheryll Alipio, University of Queensland, Australia Cindy C. Fan, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Michele Ruth Gamburd, Portland State University, USA Philip Kreager, Somerville College, Oxford University, USA Kyoko Kusakabe, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand Steve McKay, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA Ruth Pearson, University of Leeds, UK Nitya Rao, University of East Anglia, UK Elisabeth Schröder-Butterfill, University of Southampton, UK Teresa Sobieszczyk, University of Montana, USA Sallie Yea, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

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