Pinay on the prairies : Filipino women and transnational identities / Glenda Tibe Bonifacio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bonifacio, Glenda Tibe, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Filipinos--Prairie Provinces--Ethnic identity.

Filipinos.

Prairie Provinces--Emigration and immigration.

Prairie Provinces.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For many Filipinos, one word � kumusta, how are you � is all it takes to forge a connection with a stranger anywhere in the world. In Canada's Prairie provinces, this connection has inspired community building and created both national and transnational identities for the women who identify as Pinay. This book is the first to look beyond traditional metropolitan hubs of settlement to explore the migration of Filipino women in Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. Based on interviews with first-generation immigrant Filipino women and temporary foreign workers, this book explores how the shared experience of migration forms the basis for new identities, communities, transnational ties, and multiple levels of belonging in Canada. A groundbreaking look at the experience of Filipino women in Canada, Bonifacio's work is simultaneously an investigation of feminism, migration, diaspora, and the rubric of multiculturalism in a global era.

Contents:

Introduction

Gender, Migration, and Feminism

Pinay Migration

Welcoming Prairies

Making Meanings: Identities and Integration

Building Bridges: Activism and Community Engagement

Vested Transnationalism

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references pages and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 26, 2013).

ISBN:

0-7748-2581-2

OCLC:

865475187