BOOKS
We are like air /

Publisher: Ada Wang,


Title Details
  • We are like air /
Publishers
  • [Hong Kong] :Ada Wang,2019
Descriptions
  • 279 pages : chiefly illustrations
Isbn
    9789881423153
Language
    English
Subjects
  • Bacani family -- Pictorial works
  • Families -- Pictorial works
  • Migrant labor -- China -- Hong Kong
  • Filipinos -- Employment -- China -- Hong Kong
  • Women foreign workers -- China -- Hong Kong
  • Women household employees -- China -- Hong Kong
  • Photographers -- Philippines -- Biography
Material Type
  • BK
  • Book
Location MAIN
Item Call Number HD 6072.2 .H78 B336 2019
Status Available
Barcode 18644
International Standard Book Number
  • International Standard Book Number - 9789881423153
Library Of Congress Call Number
  • Classification number - HD 6072.2 .H78
  • Item number - B336 2019
Main Entry
  • Personal name - Bacani, Xyza Cruz
Title Statement
  • Title - We are like air /
  • Statement of responsibility, etc. - [photographs and texts by] Xyza Cruz Bacani
Edition Statement
  • Edition statement - Second edition
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint)
  • Place of publication, distribution, etc. - [Hong Kong] :
  • Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Ada Wang,
  • Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 2019
Physical Description
  • Extent - 279 pages :
  • Other physical details - chiefly illustrations
Content Type
Media Type
Carrier Type
Summary, Etc.
  • Summary, etc. - "This is the story of one Filipino family profoundly changed by migration. It is told by photographer Xyza Cruz Bacani, who was eight years old when her mother, Georgia, went overseas to be a domestic worker. At the age of 19, Xyza joined her mother in Hong Kong and became a domestic worker herself..." - From the Foreword
Language Note
  • Language note - English
Subject Topical Term
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Bacani family
  • Form subdivision - Pictorial works
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Families
  • Form subdivision - Pictorial works
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Migrant labor
  • Geographic subdivision - Hong Kong
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Filipinos
  • General subdivision - Employment
  • Geographic subdivision - Hong Kong
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Women foreign workers
  • Geographic subdivision - Hong Kong
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Women household employees
  • Geographic subdivision - Hong Kong
  • Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Photographers
  • Geographic subdivision - Philippines
  • General subdivision - Biography
Index Termgenre/form
  • Genre/form data or focus term - Documentary photography