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The Visible Invisibles: Stories of Migrant Workers in Asia

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Stories that showcase a uniquely human connection to hitherto undocumented lives of migrant workers in Asia--some shocking, some redeeming, yet all very real A domestic worker from the Philippines runs away from her husband who's set out to kill her. A mine-blaster looks at his X-ray scan to realize that all he has earned from his sixteen years of work is a catalogue of chronic diseases. An undocumented factory worker in Malaysia takes refuge in the wild to escape from the police. A construction worker in India is abducted and sold as a bride to a stranger. Migrant sex workers in Thailand scrimp to stretch their vanishing savings, having lost all their customers due to COVID-19. A cleaner from China struggles to cope with the cultural oddities while working in an Indian restaurant. Domestic workers in Singapore lament the hopelessness of finding love in a foreign land. A landscaper tries to rebuild his life with a reconstructed 'alien' face after he suffers a massive explosion. A project engineer who once hated his native village, now plants trees to preserve its nature.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9789815017786
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 232
  • Udgivet:
  • 4. maj 2023
  • Størrelse:
  • 152x16x232 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 340 g.
  • Ukendt - mangler pt..

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Stories that showcase a uniquely human connection to hitherto undocumented lives of migrant workers in Asia--some shocking, some redeeming, yet all very real A domestic worker from the Philippines runs away from her husband who's set out to kill her. A mine-blaster looks at his X-ray scan to realize that all he has earned from his sixteen years of work is a catalogue of chronic diseases. An undocumented factory worker in Malaysia takes refuge in the wild to escape from the police. A construction worker in India is abducted and sold as a bride to a stranger. Migrant sex workers in Thailand scrimp to stretch their vanishing savings, having lost all their customers due to COVID-19. A cleaner from China struggles to cope with the cultural oddities while working in an Indian restaurant. Domestic workers in Singapore lament the hopelessness of finding love in a foreign land. A landscaper tries to rebuild his life with a reconstructed 'alien' face after he suffers a massive explosion. A project engineer who once hated his native village, now plants trees to preserve its nature.

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