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New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2010. Paperback. Very fine.. Small quarto in yellow & white illus wraps; xviii, 251 pages: illustrations; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Inscribed by author. Contents: Home of the great Filipino worker -- Cultivating a Filipino ethos of labor migration -- Governing and (dis)empowering Filipino migrants -- Delivering "our contribution to the world" -- Selling Filipinas' added export value -- Living the dream -- Securing their added export value. Filipinos -- Employment -- Foreign countries. Foreign workers, Filipino. Filipinos -- Employment -- Foreign countries. Foreign workers, Filipino. Internationalization. Workers. Immigration. Filipinos -- Employment -- Foreign countries. Foreign workers, Philippine.
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Marketing Dreams, Manufacturing Heroes: The Transnational Labor Brokering of Filipino Workers Hardcover - 2009
by Anna Romina Guevarra
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In "Marketing Dreams, Manufacturing Heroes" Anna Romina Guevarra focuses on the Philippines--which views itself as the "home of the great Filipino worker"--and the multilevel brokering process that manages and sends workers worldwide. The experience of Filipino nurses and domestic workers--two of the country's prized exports--is at the core of the research, which utilizes interviews with employees at labor brokering agencies, state officials from governmental organizations in the Philippines, and nurses working in the United States.
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- Title Marketing Dreams, Manufacturing Heroes: The Transnational Labor Brokering of Filipino Workers
- Author Anna Romina Guevarra
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 274
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Rutgers University Press
- Date 2009-12-01
- Features Bibliography, Index
- ISBN 9780813546339 / 0813546338
- Weight 1.19 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.75 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.91 cm)
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- Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
- Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
- Library of Congress subjects Alien labor, Philippine, Filipinos - Employment - Foreign countries
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009008094
- Dewey Decimal Code 331.625
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- Chronicle of Higher Education, 11/06/2009, Page 23
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New. In a globalized economy that is heavily sustained by the labor of immigrants, why are certain nations defined as 'ideal' labor resources and why do certain groups dominate a particular labor force? The Philippines has emerged as a lucrative source of labor for countries around the world. In ""Marketing Dreams"", Manufacturing Heroes Anna Romina Guevarra focuses on the Philippines - which views itself as the 'home of the great Filipino worker' - and the multilevel brokering process that manages and sends workers worldwide. She unravels the transnational production of Filipinos as ideal migrant workers by the state and explores how race, color, class, and gender operate. The experience of Filipino nurses and domestic workers - two of the country's prized exports - is at the core of the research, which utilizes interviews with employees at labor brokering agencies, state officials from governmental organizations in the Philippines, and nurses…
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