This book focuses on how low-wage Vietnamese immigrants in the United States and their non-migrant family members in Vietnam give, receive, and spend money.
This book focuses on how low-wage Vietnamese immigrants in the United States and their non-migrant family members in Vietnam give, receive, and spend money.
Hung Cam Thai is Associate Professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies at Pomona College, where he serves as Director of the Pacific Basin Institute. He is the author of For Better or for Worse: Vietnamese International Marriages in the New Global Economy (2008).
Inhaltsangabe
1. Six Tales of Migrant Money 2. The Making of a Transnational Expenditure Cascade 3. Money as a Currency of Care 4. The Migrant Provider Role 5. The American Dream in Vietnam 6. Compensatory Consumption 7. Emulative Consumption 8. The Cyclical Entrenchment of Monetary Habits 9. The High Price of Esteem Consumption 10. Tall Promises Conclusion: Special Money in Low-Wage Transnational Families
1. Six Tales of Migrant Money 2. The Making of a Transnational Expenditure Cascade 3. Money as a Currency of Care 4. The Migrant Provider Role 5. The American Dream in Vietnam 6. Compensatory Consumption 7. Emulative Consumption 8. The Cyclical Entrenchment of Monetary Habits 9. The High Price of Esteem Consumption 10. Tall Promises Conclusion: Special Money in Low-Wage Transnational Families
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