HongKongisameetingplaceformigrantdomesticworkers,traders,refugees,asylumseekers,tourists,businessmen,andlocalresidents.InBornOutofPlace,NicoleConstablelooksattheexperiencesofIndonesianandFilipinawomeninthisAsianworldcity.Givingvoicetothestoriesofthesemigrantmothers,theirSouthAsian,African,Chinese,andWesternexpatriatepartners,andtheirHongKong–bornbabies,Constableraisesaseriousquestion:Doweregardmigrantsaspeople,orjustastemporaryworkers?Thisaccessibleethnographyprovidesinsightintoglobalproblemsofmobility,family,andcitizenshipandpointstotheconsequences,creativeresponses,melodramas,andtragediesoflaborandmigrationpolicies.
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