{"product_id":"stuck-at-home-yasmin-y-ortiga-9781503641846","title":"Stuck at Home: Pandemic Immobilities in the Nation of Emigration","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Philippines is amongst 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\u003eA 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yasmin Y. Ortiga\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1503641848\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781503641846\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Yasmin Y. Ortiga","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46311273431295,"sku":"9781503641846","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_97dac9fd-6526-4202-bf50-673f31d07ee0.jpg?v=1730889036","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stuck-at-home-yasmin-y-ortiga-9781503641846","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}