Mediating the global expatria's forms and consequences in Kathmandu

Mediating the global : expatria's forms and consequences in Kathmandu / Heather Hindman.

Author/creator	Hindman, Heather
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2013]
Description	viii, 277 pages : illustrated ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Foreign workers--Nepal --Kathmandu --Social life and customs. Professional employees--Nepal --Kathmandu --Social life and customs. International agencies--Officials and employees --Nepal --Kathmandu. International business enterprises--Nepal --Kathmandu --Employees. Labor and globalization--Nepal --Kathmandu. Culture and globalization--Nepal --Kathmandu.

Contents	Introduction : expatria in Nepal -- Conjunctures of mediations : the historical logics of expatriate Nepal -- Families that fail : the mechanisms and labor of productivity -- Market basket economics : the practice of paperwork and shopping like an expatriate -- The protean expatriate : flexibility and the modern worker -- Saving business from culture : cross-cultural training and multicultural performances -- Living in expatria : institutions and the mobile community -- Conclusion : Kathmandu's twenty-first-century expatria.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-263) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2013025716
ISBN	9780804786515 (cloth : alk. paper)

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