Intergenerational Exploitation of Filipino Women and Their Japanese Filipino Children

Born out of place' Babies as New Cheap Labor in Japan

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ID2370740
AuthorsChiho Ogaya (0000-0002-6971-9414, Ferris University, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume47
Issue1
Pages59-71
Publication date2021-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCritical Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0896920520935626
OpenAlexW3038847659
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited11

This paper focuses on the Japanese Filipino children as 'born out of place' babies of migrant Filipino mothers and recent young migrant workers in Japan's labor market. I present the unique position of Japanese Filipino children and their Filipino mothers as an example of intergenerational exploitation of migrants in Japanese society. The existence of Japanese Filipino children mirrors intersectional discrimination in Japanese society; they were born as a consequence of the inequality based on gender and ethnicity between the Philippines and Japan, then they were ignored by the Japanese state as 'illegitimate' children, and now they their Filipino mothers have begun to be exploited as 'unskilled labor' in Japan

Demographic economics · Economics · Ethnic group · Gender inequality · Immigration · Inequality · Political science · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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