The global migration of Filipino domestic workersThe international division of reproductive labor -- The transnational family -- Gender and intergenerational relations -- Contradictory class mobility -- The crisis of masculinity -- The aging of migrant domestic workers.

The book is largely based on interviews with domestic workers, but the book also powerfully portrays the larger economic picture as domestic workers from developing countries increasingly come to perform the menial labor of the global economy. This is often done at great cost to the relations...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: THE GLOBAL MIGRATION OF FILIPINO DOMESTIC WORKERS -- Chapter 2: THE INTERNATIONAL DIVISION OF REPRODUCTIVE LABOR -- Chapter 3: THE TRANSNATIONAL FAMILY -- Chapter 4: GENDER AND INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS -- Chapter 5: CONTRADICTORY CLASS MOBILITY --...

"A stirring account of the experiences of migrant domestic workers, and what freedom, abuse, and power mean within a vast contract labor system. In the United Arab Emirates, there is an employment sponsorship system known as the kafala. Migrant domestic workers within it must solely work for...

Introduction : Filipina migrants and the force of domesticity -- Gender ideologies in the Philippines -- Patriarchy and neoliberalism in the globalization of care -- Gender and communication in transnational migrant families -- The place and placelessness of migrant Filipina domestic workers --...