Building Diaspora : Filipino Cultural Community Formation on the Internet

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Building Diaspora heralds an important development in cultural studies, ethnic studies, the sociology of media, and globalization. Emily Ignacio brings an extended, incisive empirical investigation that is still quite rare in the theory-heavy yet data-light field of cyberspace cultural studies. She...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Ignacio, Emily, 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2004.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Transnationalism.
Internet > Social aspects.
Filipino Americans > Social conditions.
Filipino Americans > Ethnic identity.
Community life.
Communities.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
Transnationalisme.
Communaute.
Internet > Aspect social.
Americains d'origine philippine > Identite ethnique.
Americains d'origine philippine > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Filipino Americans > Race identity.
Filipino Americans > United States > Social conditions.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Preface: Why Filipinos?; Chapter One: Introduction Filipino Community Formation on the Internet; Chapter Two: Problematizing Diaspora: If Nation, Culture, and Homeland Are Constructed, Why Bother with Diasporic Identity?; Chapter Three: Selling Out One's Culture: The Imagined Homeland and Authenticity; Chapter Four: "Ain't I a Filipino (Woman)?": Filipina as Gender Marker; Chapter Five: Laughter in the Rain: Jokes as Membership and Resistance; Chapter Six: E Pluribus or E Pluribus Unum?: Can There Be Unity in Diversity?
  • Appendix A: Studying the Definition of "Filipino"Appendix B: You May Be Married to a Filipina If; Appendix C: Are You Really Filipino?; Notes; References; Index; About the Author

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