The Filipino Migration Experience : Global Agents of Change /

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"This book documents the way Filipino migrants from the 1970s-2018 have become agents of change. Migrants critiqued institutions such the family and definitions of the feminine, they transformed social mores and inspired transnational business ventures, they altered the host countries through a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Roces, Mina, 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social change > Philippines.
Return migrants > Philippines > Social conditions > 21st century.
Return migrants > Philippines > Social conditions > 20th century.
Filipinos > Foreign countries > Social conditions > 21st century.
Filipinos > Foreign countries > Social conditions > 20th century.
Philippines > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Toward a History of Filipino Migrants as Agents of Change
  • Migration and the Rethinking the Filipino Family, 1970s-2018
  • Challenging Constructions of Gender and Sexuality, 1980s-2018
  • Consumption and Social Change, 1980s-2018
  • The Impact of Consumption on Businesses, 1990s-2017
  • Filipina/o/x Americans as Community Historians, 1980s-2018
  • Advocacy and Its Impacts, 1970s-2000
  • Migrants and the Homeland, 1986-2018
  • Conclusion : Refusing to be Marginal.

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