image description
# 369958
USD 29.00 (Book in Stock, will be dispatched ASAP)
- +

Departing from Java 2018 : Javanese Labour, Migration and Diaspora

Author :  Rosemarijn Hoefte , Peter Meel

Product Details

Country
Denmark
Publisher
NIAS Press
ISBN 9788776942465
Format PaperBack
Language English
Year of Publication 2018
Bib. Info 288 p,152 x 228 x 17.78mm
Categories Labour Economics
Product Weight 454 gms.
Shipping Charges(USD)

Product Description

From colonial times through to the present day, large numbers of Javanese have left their homes to settle in other parts of Indonesia or much further afield. Frequently this dispersion was forced, often with traumatic results. Today, Javanese communities are found as close as Kalimantan and as far away as Suriname and the Netherlands. Meanwhile, migrant workers from Java continue to travel abroad, finding short-term employment in places like Malaysia and the Middle East. This volume traces the different ways in which Javanese migrants and migrant communities are connected in their host society and with Java as a real or imagined authoritative source of norms, values and loyalties. It underlines the importance of diaspora as a process in order to understand the evolving notions of a Javanese homeland across time and space. Even though Java as the point of departure links the different contributions, their focus is more on the process of migration and the experiences of Javanese migrants in the countries of destination. Clearly, the labour element dominates the Indonesian overseas experience. But the volume also elucidates how ethnicity, class, gender, religion and hierarchy have shaped and still inform the dynamics of diasporic communities. Many of the chapters pay particular attention to gender as women now form the majority of international migrants, domestic work being the largest category of transnational work. As a result, important aspects of the migration experience are seen in new ways via the lens of women's experiences.

Product added to Cart
Copied