In Sickness and in Wealth : Migration, Gendered Morality, and Central Java.

Chan, Carol.

In Sickness and in Wealth : Migration, Gendered Morality, and Central Java. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (302 pages) - Framing the Global Series . - Framing the Global Series .

Intro -- Front Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Names and Indonesian Currency -- List of Abbreviations and Terms -- Introduction: Faith in Migration -- 1 The Politics of Morality and Identity in Central Java -- 2 Mobilizing and Moralizing Indonesia -- 3 Evaluating Migrant Success and Failure -- 4 Shame -- 5 Faith -- 6 Contesting the Terms of Belonging: Views of/from Elsewhere -- Conclusion: Gendered Moral Economies of Migration -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.

1. In Sickness and Wealth looks at migration from the unusual perspective of the migrant-origin community rather than the migrant abroad. 2. This book is a powerful text that stands alone on its own merits, but also fits well with two other works recently published by IUP: Deirdre McKay's An Archipelago of Care and Faranak Miraftab's Global Heartland. All three of these books explore the subject of migration. 3. This clearly written ethnography is very timely in its focus on the experience of women and migrants.

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