K. Shinozaki

Migrant Citizenship from Below: Family, Domestic Work, and Social Activism in Irregular Migration K. Shinozaki

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Explores the dynamic local and transnational lives of Filipina and Filipino migrant domestic workers living in Schonberg, Germany. Shinozaki examines how these spatially immobile migrants inhabit different locations within the city, and how they maintain sustained transnational engagements through parenting and religious practices--; Provided by publisher."Biographical Note: Kyoko Shinozaki is Senior Lecturer at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. Table of Contents: 1. Conceptualizing Migrant Citizenship from Below2. Setting the Scene: Understanding "Foggy Social Structures"3. Transforming a Private Home into a Site of Employment Relations4. Bridging Care Gaps: Gendered Transnational Parenthood in Transnational Migrant Households5. Social Activism in the MAKING: Religious Practices And Health at the (Trans)-Local Scale6. Migrant Citizenship from Below: Looking Back, Looking AheadBrief Description: "Explores the dynamic local and transnational lives of Filipina and Filipino migrant domestic workers living in "Sch'onberg," Germany. Shinozaki examines how these spatially immobile migrants inhabit different locations within the city, and how they maintain sustained transnational engagements through parenting and religious practices"--