Migrant citizenship from below [electronic resource] : family, domestic work, and social activism in irregular migration / Kyoko Shinozaki.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Conceptualizing migrant citizenship from below -- Setting the scene : understanding "foggy social structures" -- Transforming a private home into a site of employment relations -- Bridging care gaps : gendered transnational parenthood in transnational migrant households -- Social activism in the making : religious practices and health at the (trans)-local scale -- Conclusion : migrant citizenship from below : looking back, looking ahead.

"Explores the dynamic local and transnational lives of Filipina and Filipino migrant domestic workers living in "Schönberg," Germany. Shinozaki examines how these spatially immobile migrants inhabit different locations within the city, and how they maintain sustained transnational engagements through parenting and religious practices".