The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, Volume 11, Issue 3-4 (2010)

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Diasporic Encounters, Sacred Journeys: Ritual, Normativity and the Religious Imagination among International Asian Migrant Women

INTRODUCTION

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Diasporic Encounters, Sacred Journeys: Ritual, Normativity and the Religious Imagination Among International Asian Migrant Women
Mark Johnson & Pnina Werbner
Pages: 205-218
Published online: 24 Nov 2010
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Part 1: Spiritual Sojourners and Religious Journeys

(a) Ritual and Performance

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Popular Religiosity and the Transnational Journey: Inscribing Filipino Identity in the Santo Niño Fiesta in New Zealand
Josefina Socorro Flores Tondo
Pages: 219-244
Published online: 24 Nov 2010
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Becoming Pilgrims in the Holy Land: On Filipina Domestic Workers’ Struggles and Pilgrimages for a Cause in Israel
Claudia Liebelt
Pages: 245-267
Published online: 24 Nov 2010
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Buddhism By Other Means: Sacred Sites and Ritual Practice Among Sri Lankan Domestic Workers in Jordan
Elizabeth Frantz
Pages: 268-292
Published online: 24 Nov 2010
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(b) Experiences of Conversion, ‘Difference’ and Transnationalism

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Explanation is Not the Point: Domestic Work, Islamic Dawa and Becoming Muslim in Kuwait
Attiya Ahmad
Pages: 293-310
Published online: 24 Nov 2010
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Telling Tales of Migrant Workers in Hong Kong: Transformations of Faith, Life Scripts, and Activism
Nicole Constable
Pages: 311-329
Published online: 24 Nov 2010
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A Transnational Pig: Reconstituting Kinship Among Filipinos in Hong Kong
Deirdre McKay
Pages: 330-344
Published online: 24 Nov 2010
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(c) Religious Institutions as Havens: Gender and Normativity

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The Catholic Church in the Lives of Irregular Migrant Filipinas in France: Identity Formation, Empowerment and Social Control
Asuncion Fresnoza-Flot
Pages: 345-361
Published online: 24 Nov 2010
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‘I need work!’: The Multiple Roles of the Church, Ranking and Religious Piety Among Domestic Workers in Egypt
Amira Ahmed
Pages: 362-377
Published online: 24 Nov 2010
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Erasure of Sexuality and Desire: State Morality and Sri Lankan Migrants in Beirut, Lebanon
Monica Smith
Pages: 378-393
Published online: 24 Nov 2010
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Part 2: Ethical Dilemmas: Class, Intimacy and the Limits of Normativity

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Filipino Women Workers in Saudi: Making Offerings for the Here and Now and Hereafter
Alicia Pingol
Pages: 394-409
Published online: 24 Nov 2010
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‘They Think We are Just Caregivers’: The Ambivalence of Care in the Lives of Filipino Medical Workers in Singapore
Megha Amrith
Pages: 410-427
Published online: 24 Nov 2010
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Diasporic Dreams, Middle-Class Moralities and Migrant Domestic Workers Among Muslim Filipinos in Saudi Arabia
Mark Johnson
Pages: 428-448
Published online: 24 Nov 2010
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