{"product_id":"stuck-at-home-9781503642812","title":"Stuck at Home","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Philippines is among the most successful migrant-sending nations in the world, both lauded and critiqued for exporting its own citizens to a global labor market. Yasmin Y. Ortiga brings readers beyond this popular image to explore questions often overlooked: What happens when workers who were encouraged to emigrate are suddenly unable to leave? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  \u003ci\u003eStuck at Home\u003c\/i\u003e examines how the Philippine state and its aspiring migrants negotiated the meaning of immobility amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In this pioneering book, Ortiga studies the narratives that emerged around two groups of Filipino workers: nurses banned from leaving the country and cruise workers who returned home after COVID-19 shut down the travel industry. Ortiga emphasizes the high stakes in telling the \"right\" story of immobility to a nation built around emigration—one that provides a compelling rationale for who deserves to move and who can be forced to stay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  A gripping account of political interests, frustrated dreams, and an unprecedented crisis, \u003ci\u003eStuck at Home\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how migration governance is not only about regulating people's movement, but also defining the meaning and implications of remaining in place. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yasmin Y. Ortiga","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48291493413115,"sku":"9781503642812","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_c6a5e45d-aa0c-4306-bf70-614d16241f48.jpg?v=1779386192","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/stuck-at-home-9781503642812","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}