9 Dancing Here, “Living” There: Transnational Lives and Working Conditions of Latina Migrant Exotic Dancers

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Contextualizing Transnationalism in Canada 1
5. Institutions, Policies, and Identities
6. State and Media Construction of Transnational Communities: A Case Study of Recent Migration from Hong Kong to Canada 25
7. Emerging Postnational Citizenships in International Law: Implications for Transnational Lives and Organizing 40
8. Transnational Nationalism: Sri Lankan Tamils in Canada 55
9. Demystifying Transnationalism: Canadian Immigration Policy and the Promise of Nation Building 67
10. On Tim Hortons and Transnationalism: Negotiating Canadianness and the Role of Activist/Researcher 83
11. States, Transnational Labour, and Diasporic Capital
12. Globalizing Work, Globalizing Citizenship: Community^–Migrant Worker Alliances in Southwestern Ontario 97
13. Forcing Governments to Govern in Defence of Noncitizen Workers: A Story about the Canadian Labour Movement’s Alliance with Agricultural Migrants 115
14. Transnationalism, Development, and Social Capital: Tamil Community Networks in Canada 129
15. Dancing Here, “Living” There: Transnational Lives and Working Conditions of Latina Migrant Exotic Dancers 145
16. Transnational Work and the Gendered Politics of Labour: A Study of Male and Female Mexican Migrant Farm Workers in Canada 157
17. Development and Diasporic Capital: Nonresident Indians and the State 173
18. Transnational Organizing and Social Change
19. The Institutional Landscapes of Salvadoran Refugee Migration: Transnational and Local Views from Los Angeles and Toronto 191
20. The South Asia Left Democratic Alliance: The Dilemmas of a Transnational Left 206
21. Transnationalism and Political Participation among Filipinos in Canada 215
22. Transnational Organizing in the Americas 232
23. The Challenges of Extraterritorial Participation: Advisory Councils for Peruvians Abroad 242
24. Conclusion: Questions for Future Research and Action 256
25. References 261
26. Contributors 279
27. Index 283