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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 352 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this interdisciplinary analysis of the largest Asian American ethnic group, the contributors address such issues as ethnic identity, the impact of different colonisations on ethnic identity, mental health, race and racism.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1 - The Tragic Sense of Filipino History; Chapter 2 - Demographic Changes Transforming the Filipino American Community; Chapter 3 - Macro/Micro Dimensions of Pilipino Immigration to the United States; Chapter 4 - Colonialism's Legacy: The Inferiorizing of the Filipino; Chapter 5 - Coming Full Circle: Narratives of Decolonization Among Post-1965 Filipino Americans; Chapter 6 - Contemporary Mixed-Heritage Filipino Americans: Fighting Colonized Identities; Chapter 7 - Filipino American Identity: Transcending the Crisis

Chapter 8 - Living in the Shadows: The Undocumented Immigrant Experience of FilipinosChapter 9 - Mail-Order Brides: An Emerging Community; Chapter 10 - Part of the Community: A Profile of Deaf Filipino Americans in Seattle; Chapter 11 - The Day the Dancers Stayed: On Pilipino Cultural Nights; Chapter 12 - Pamantasan: Filipino American Higher Education; Chapter 13 - Images, Roles, and Expectations of Filipino Americans by Filipino Americans; Chapter 14 - Homeland Memories and Media: Filipino Images and Imaginations in America; Chapter 15 - Deflowering the Sampaguita

Chapter 16 - Tomboy, Dyke, Lezzie, and Bi: Filipina Lesbian and Bisexual Women Speak OutChapter 17 - At the Frontiers of Narrative: The Mapping of Filipino Gay Men's Lives in the United States; Chapter 18 - Throwing the Baby Out With the Bathwater: Situating Young Filipino Mothers and Fathers beyond the Dominant Discourse on Adolescent Pregnancy; Chapter 19 - The Prevalence and Impact of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs on Filipino American Communities; Chapter 20 - The Family Tree: Discovering Oneself

Chapter 21 - The Filipino American Young Turks of Seattle: A Unique Experience in the American Sociopolitical MainstreamChapter 22 - Filipino Americans and Ecology: New Challenges in the Global Future; Chapter 23 - Filipino Spirituality: An Immigrant's Perspective; Index; About the Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781506319896

1506319890

9781452243177

1452243174

9781322420578

1322420572

9781452249551

1452249555

OCLC:

809773759