Itinerant Lives, the 'Family' and the Emotionality of Overseas Labor Migration : A Philippine Case
- 개최기관명 이화여자대학교 아시아여성학센터
- 발표일자 2008-08-21
- 발표년도 2008
- 회의명 지속가능한 미래를 위한 국제 심포지엄
- 개최지 이화여자대학교 국제교육관 LG 컨벤션 홀
- 일자 2008년 8월 21일(목)
- URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ewha/000000081185
- 본문언어 영어
초록/요약
This presentation examines the transformations undergone by the "Filipino family" and families in the Philippines in the context of the increasing shift toward a remittance economy and transnational family structures, where women have become active participants of international labor migration. It suggests that the continued out-migration of Filipino workers is supported by an emotion ideology that also serves as its rationale: the "Filipino" family. And while the family is the main rationale for labor migration, the very notion of "family" is put to the test as a consequence of the current phenomenon of labor migration. It seeks to analyze the challenges overseas migration impresses on the notion of the "Filipino family," on the ways local society tries to hold down change, and on what terms these are accepted when they are inevitable. It will look into the different ways distance, time and emotion expand and deflate the parameters of what is considered 'family'. This study will employ a cultural studies perspective and will use as primary data of analysis the cultural texts generated by both non-migrants and migrants, e.f., movies, artwork, and personal marratives.
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