Caring for the 'Holy Land': Filipina Domestic Workers in Israel

Claudia Liebelt

Published by Berghahn Books 2011

Caring for the 'Holy Land'

Filipina Domestic Workers in Israel

Claudia Liebelt

Volume 17 in the series EASA Series

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780857452627

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About this book

In Israel, as in numerous countries of the global North, Filipina women have been recruited in large numbers for domestic work, typically as live-in caregivers for the elderly. The case of Israel is unique in that the country has a special significance as the ‘Holy Land’ for the predominantly devout Christian Filipina women and is at the center of an often violent conflict, which affects Filipinos in many ways. In the literature, migrant domestic workers are often described as being subject to racial discrimination, labour exploitation and exclusion from mainstream society. Here, the author provides a more nuanced account and shows how Filipina caregivers in Israel have succeeded in creating their own collective spaces, as well as negotiating rights and belonging. While maintaining transnational ties and engaging in border-crossing journeys, these women seek to fulfill their dreams of a better life. During this process, new socialities and subjectivities emerge that point to a form of global citizenship in the making, consisting of greater social, economic and political rights within a highly gendered and racialized global economy.

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Claudia Liebelt is Lecturer of Social Anthropology at the University of Bayreuth (Germany). She has published on gender, migration and the global economy of care. She has done research in Israel and the Philippines over the past seven years.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
List of Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1 The Israeli Migration Regime: On Foreign Workers and Migrants Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Chapter 2 Transnational Female Lives Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
Chapter 3 Caring for the ‘Holy Land’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
Chapter 4 On Weekends, Together: The Making and Unmaking of a Filipino Community Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Chapter 5 Feeling Manila, Living in Hiding and Appropriating the Black Part of the ‘White City’: Filipinos in Tel Aviv Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
Chapter 6 Global Dreaming Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
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Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
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Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 228
Keywords: Refugee and Migration Studies; Gender Studies and Sexuality

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Published: November 1, 2011
ISBN: 9780857452627