Filipino Americans
Subtitle: transformation and identity
By: Maria P.P. Root, editor.
Contributors: Root, Maria P. P.
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
Subjects: Filipino Americans -- History.; Filipino Americans -- Ethnic identity.; Filipino Americans -- Social conditions.
Description: A collection of essays in which various authors examine the question of what it means to be Filipino American, addressing issues of ethnic identity, mental health, race and racism, and others.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The tragic sense of Filipino history / Peter Bacho; title: Demographic changes transforming the Filipino American community / Juanita Tamayo Lott; title: Macro/micro dimensions of Filipino immigration to the United States / Antonio J.A. Pido; title: Colonialism's legacy : the inferiorizing of the Filipino / Nilda Rimonte; title: Coming full circle : narratives of decolonization among post-1965 Filipino Americans / Leny Mendoza Strobel; title: Contemporary mixed-heritage Filipino Americans : fighting colonized identities / Maria P.P. Root; title: Filipino American identity : transcending the crisis / Linda A. Revilla; title: Living in the shadows : the undocumented immigrant experience of Filipinos / Concepcion A. Montoya; title: Mail-order brides : an emerging community / Raquel Z. Ordonez; title: Part of the community : a profile of deaf Filipino Americans in Seattle / Cynthia C. Mejia Giudici; title: The day the dancers stayed : on Filipino cultural nights / Theodore S. Gonzalves; title: Pamantasan : Filipino American higher education / Jonathan Y. Okamura and Amefil R. Agbayani; title: Images, roles, and expectations of Filipino Americans by Filipino Americans / Allan L. Bergano and Barbara L. Bergano-Kinney; title: Homeland memories and media : Filipino images and imaginations in America / Rick Bonus; title: Deflowering the Sampaguita / M. Evelina Galang; title: 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; title: At the frontiers of narrative : the mapping of Filipino gay men's lives in the United States / Martin F. Manalansan IV; title: Throwing the baby out with the bathwater : situating young Filipino mothers and fathers beyond the dominant discourse on adolescent pregnancy / Antonio T. Tiongson, Jr.; title: 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; title: The family tree : discovering oneself / Emile Gaborne Dearing; title: The Filipino American young turks of Seattle : a unique experience in the American sociopolitical mainstream / Peter M. Jamero; title: Filipino Americans and ecology : new challenges in the global future / Felix I. Rodriguez; title: Filipino spirituality : an immigrant's perspective / Thelma B. Burgonio-Watson.