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

Other author Root, Maria P. P.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoThousand Oaks, CA : Sage Publications,
Descriptionxv, 352 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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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 --
Contents 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. --
Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 97004591
ISBN0761905782 (acid-free paper)
ISBN0761905790 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

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