Acknowledgments = ix
Introduction: Gender and the Transnational Family = 1(11)
The Global Economy of Care = 12 (18)
The Dismal View of Transnational Households = 30 (26)
Caring for the Family: Why Parents Leave the Philippines = 56 (11)
The Gap Between Migrant Fathers and Their Children = 67 (25)
The Gender Paradox: Recreating ``the Family'' in Women's Migration = 92 (28)
Gendered Care Expectations: Children in Mother-Away Transnational Families = 120 (21)
The Overlooked Second Generation: The Experience of Prolonged Separation in Two-Parent Migrant Families = 141 (20)
Conclusion: The Persistence of Gender = 161 (8)
Notes = 169 (27)
References = 196 (13)
Index = 209
Introduction: Gender and the Transnational Family = 1(11)
The Global Economy of Care = 12 (18)
The Dismal View of Transnational Households = 30 (26)
Caring for the Family: Why Parents Leave the Philippines = 56 (11)
The Gap Between Migrant Fathers and Their Children = 67 (25)
The Gender Paradox: Recreating ``the Family'' in Women's Migration = 92 (28)
Gendered Care Expectations: Children in Mother-Away Transnational Families = 120 (21)
The Overlooked Second Generation: The Experience of Prolonged Separation in Two-Parent Migrant Families = 141 (20)
Conclusion: The Persistence of Gender = 161 (8)
Notes = 169 (27)
References = 196 (13)
Index = 209