Table of Contents

Contents; List of figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Putting Feminist Theory to Work; 2 Spatialising the Subject of Feminism; 3 From Registered Nurse to Registered Nanny; 4 Liberalism, Universalisms and Democratic Feminist Politics; 5 Working at the Borders of Liberalism; 6 Gleaning the Home; 7 Trafficking Across Borders; 8 Song Flies Home; References; Index.

About the Author

Geraldine Pratt is Professor of Geography at the University of British Columbia. She is editor of Society and Space, co-editor of The Dictionary of Human Geography 4th edition (Blackwell, 2000), and has published extensively in feminist and cultural geography and theory.

Reviews

A wonderful illustration of how to do good critical social science research in which significant theoretical and political debates are brought together and into productive tension through the lens of a concrete case study ! I wholeheartedly recommend this book ! It is an excellent contribution to a critical human geography committed to combating inequality and injustice. Provides rich detail and soul to the bald story told by labour market statistics! this book powerfully reinforces evidence of a global chain of exploitation! the book's energy and passion owe much to [Geraldine Pratt's] collaboration with an activist group, the Philippine Women's Center. A wonderful illustration of how to do good critical social science research in which significant theoretical and political debates are brought together and into productive tension through the lens of a concrete case study ! I wholeheartedly recommend this book ! It is an excellent contribution to a critical human geography committed to combating inequality and injustice. Provides rich detail and soul to the bald story told by labour market statistics! this book powerfully reinforces evidence of a global chain of exploitation! the book's energy and passion owe much to [Geraldine Pratt's] collaboration with an activist group, the Philippine Women's Center.