The Latinos of Asia : how Filipino Americans break the rules of race / Anthony Christian Ocampo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ocampo, Anthony Christian, 1981- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Filipino Americans--Race identity--California--Los Angeles Region.

Filipino Americans.

Filipino Americans--California--Los Angeles Region--Ethnic identity.

Filipino Americans--California--Los Angeles Region--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Ethnicity.

Los Angeles Region (Calif.)--Race relations.

Los Angeles Region (Calif.).

Los Angeles Region (Calif.)--Ethnic relations.

California--Los Angeles Region.

California.

Physical Description:

257 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2016]

Summary:

Is race only about the color of your skin? In The Latinos of Asia, Anthony Christian Ocampo's interviews with Filipino Americans show that your "color" depends on your social context. Filipinos are classified as Asian by the U.S. Census, but because of Spanish colonialism in the Philippines they share many traits with Latinos, such as last names, religion, and language. Thus, Filipinos' "color" changes depending on where they grow up, where they go to school, and who they befriend. The Latinos of Asia illuminates both the racial consciousness of everyday people and America's changing racial landscape. Book jacket.

Contents:

The puzzling case of Filipino Americans

Colonial legacies

Suburban ethnicity

The Latinos of Asia

Getting schooled on race

"Filipinos aren't Asian" and other lessons from college

Racial dilemmas

Panethnic possibilities.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804793940

0804793948

9780804797542

0804797544

OCLC:

910993742