Archipelago of Care

Deirdre McKay is Senior Lecturer in Social Geography and Environmental Politics at Keele University. She is author of Global Filipinos: Migrants' Lives in the Virtual Village (IUP) and a Framing the Global fellow.

"a distinctive perspective on global processes, and a valuable addition to the growing literature incorporating emotion into understandings. of migration. "—Feminist Review"[T]his book's exploration of transnational care and flows of affect offers a powerful critique of the limits of state-based articulations of belonging, responsibility and entitlement. It poses novel questions to scholars engaging with migration and care ethics in particular."—Ageing and Society" Archipelago of Care is a stimulating contribution to the literature on reproductive labour."—Two Homelands"Deirdre McKay takes a novel approach to key concepts undergirding globalization and transnationalism today – citizenship, surveillance, and security. She makes us think differently about the negotiation of belonging in a digital and hyper-securitized age."—Jennifer Burrell, author of Maya After War: Conflict , Power and Politics in Guatemala"A beautifully written ethnography of Filipino migrants in the UK and their experience of living their lives within and across the UK and the Philippines, mediated by physical space, institutions and a series of digital media."—Heather Horst, coauthor of Digital Ethnography: Principles and Practices

• AcknowledgementsOn TransliterationIntroduction: Archipelago of Care1. In London2. At Church 3. On Facebook4. In the Community Center5. At Our House6. Back Home7. In TransitConclusion: Care and the Global Shatter ZoneNotesBibliographyIndex