Suffering that counts: The politics of sacrifice in Philippine labor migration
Sacrifice is a fraught concept that both describes and prescribes the fate-playing ventures of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Suffering on behalf of loved ones promises a better life in return; it is also used to serve very different discursive ends: as a state strategy to promote overseas work o...
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Main Author: | Piocos, Carlos M. |
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2019
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Online Access: | https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2102 |
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Institution: | De La Salle University |
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