Insufficient funds : the culture of money in low-wage transnational families /

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1. Verfasser: Thai, Hung Cam, 1976- (Verfasst von)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2014]
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Six tales of migrant money
  • The making of a transnational expenditure cascade
  • Money as a currency of care
  • The migrant provider role
  • The American dream in Vietnam
  • Compensatory consumption
  • Emulative consumption
  • The cyclical entrenchment of monetary habits
  • The high price of esteem consumption
  • Tall promises
  • Conclusion : special money in low-wage transnational families.