UPC 9781631020230 The "Bare Life" of Thai Migrant Workmen in Singapore
ISBN 9781631020230 - The "Bare Life" of Thai Migrant Workmen in Singapore
ISBN 9781631020230 The "Bare Life" of Thai Migrant Workmen in Singapore
Description 9781631020230
Transnational labor migration often begins with the dream of securing a more stable and prosperous future, a chance to survive. The lure of "global cities" as a place to attain that dream looms large within the context of rural-urban migration flows. This book reveals some of the complex phenomena and processes that strip bare the lives and dreams of migrant workers living abroad, whose life experiences are overwhelmingly dominated by stress and suffering and diminished gendered roles. The book illuminates the intimate aspects of how Thai male migrants have transcended their harsh reality while living under Singapore's strict regulations governing foreign workers. Stripped bare of the powerf 9781631020230