Filipino Americans : transformation and identity / Maria P.P. Root, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Root, Maria P. P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Filipino Americans--History.

Filipino Americans.

Filipino Americans--Ethnic identity.

Filipino Americans--Social conditions.

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, [1997]

Summary:

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 analysis rectifies this dearth of information by addressing ethnic identity, the impact of different colonizations on ethnic identity, personal and family relationships, mental health, race, and racism. In addition, the sociopolitical context is examined in each chapter, making the volume useful as a foundational tool for hypothesis generation, empirical research, policy analysis and planning, and literature review.

Contents:

The tragic sense of Filipino history / Peter Bacho

Demographic changes transforming the Filipino American community / Juanita Tamayo Lott

Macro/micro dimensions of Filipino immigration to the United States / Antonio J.A. Pido

Colonialism's legacy : the inferiorizing of the Filipino / Nilda Rimonte

Coming full circle : narratives of decolonization among post-1965 Filipino Americans / Leny Mendoza Strobel

Contemporary mixed-heritage Filipino Americans : fighting colonized identities / Maria P.P. Root

Filipino American identity : transcending the crisis / Linda A. Revilla

Living in the shadows : the undocumented immigrant experience of Filipinos / Concepcion A. Montoya

Mail-order brides : an emerging community / Raquel Z. Ordonez

Part of the community : a profile of deaf Filipino Americans in Seattle / Cynthia C. Mejia Giudici

The day the dancers stayed : on Filipino cultural nights / Theodore S. Gonzalves

Pamantasan : Filipino American higher education / Jonathan Y. Okamura and Amefil R. Agbayani

Images, roles, and expectations of Filipino Americans by Filipino Americans / Allan L. Bergano and Barbara L. Bergano-Kinney

Homeland memories and media : Filipino images and imaginations in America / Rick Bonus

Deflowering the Sampaguita / M. Evelina Galang

Tomboy, dyke, lezzie and bi : Filipina lesbian and bisexual women speak out / Christine T. Lipat, Trinity A. Ordona, Cianna Pamintuan Stewart, and Mary Ann Ubaldo

At the frontiers of narrative : the mapping of Filipino gay men's lives in the United States / Martin F. Manalansan IV

Throwing the baby out with the bathwater : situating young Filipino mothers and fathers beyond the dominant discourse on adolescent pregnancy / Antonio T. Tiongson, Jr.

The prevalence and impact of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs on Filipino American communities / Jacqueline T. Jamero Berganio, Leo A. Tacata, Jr., and Peter M. Jamero

The family tree : discovering oneself / Emile Gaborne Dearing

The Filipino American young turks of Seattle : a unique experience in the American sociopolitical mainstream / Peter M. Jamero

Filipino Americans and ecology : new challenges in the global future / Felix I. Rodriguez

Filipino spirituality : an immigrant's perspective / Thelma B. Burgonio-Watson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761905782

0761905790

OCLC:

36246079