Filipino Americans : transformation and identity /

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When Asian Americans are discussed in the media the reference is often to people of Chinese or Japanese descent. However, the largest Asian American ethnic group is Filipino, a group of which little is known or written despite its long-standing history with the United States. This interdisciplinary...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Root, Maria P. P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 1997.
Temas:
Filipino Americans > History.
Filipino Americans > Ethnic identity.
Filipino Americans > Social conditions.
Américains d'origine philippine > Histoire.
Américains d'origine philippine > Identité ethnique.
Américains d'origine philippine > Conditions sociales.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Filipino Americans.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1
  • The Tragic Sense of Filipino History; Chapter 2
  • Demographic Changes Transforming the Filipino American Community; Chapter 3
  • Macro/Micro Dimensions of Pilipino Immigration to the United States; Chapter 4
  • Colonialism's Legacy: The Inferiorizing of the Filipino; Chapter 5
  • Coming Full Circle: Narratives of Decolonization Among Post-1965 Filipino Americans; Chapter 6
  • Contemporary Mixed-Heritage Filipino Americans: Fighting Colonized Identities; Chapter 7
  • Filipino American Identity: Transcending the Crisis.
  • Chapter 8
  • Living in the Shadows: The Undocumented Immigrant Experience of FilipinosChapter 9
  • Mail-Order Brides: An Emerging Community; Chapter 10
  • Part of the Community: A Profile of Deaf Filipino Americans in Seattle; Chapter 11
  • The Day the Dancers Stayed: On Pilipino Cultural Nights; Chapter 12
  • Pamantasan: Filipino American Higher Education; Chapter 13
  • Images, Roles, and Expectations of Filipino Americans by Filipino Americans; Chapter 14
  • Homeland Memories and Media: Filipino Images and Imaginations in America; Chapter 15
  • Deflowering the Sampaguita.
  • Chapter 16
  • Tomboy, Dyke, Lezzie, and Bi: Filipina Lesbian and Bisexual Women Speak OutChapter 17
  • At the Frontiers of Narrative: The Mapping of Filipino Gay Men's Lives in the United States; Chapter 18
  • Throwing the Baby Out With the Bathwater: Situating Young Filipino Mothers and Fathers beyond the Dominant Discourse on Adolescent Pregnancy; Chapter 19
  • The Prevalence and Impact of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs on Filipino American Communities; Chapter 20
  • The Family Tree: Discovering Oneself.
  • Chapter 21
  • The Filipino American Young Turks of Seattle: A Unique Experience in the American Sociopolitical MainstreamChapter 22
  • Filipino Americans and Ecology: New Challenges in the Global Future; Chapter 23
  • Filipino Spirituality: An Immigrant's Perspective; Index; About the Authors.

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