From Exile to Diaspora: Versions of the Filipino Experience in the United States
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
9719216700
ISBN 13
9789719216704
Category
Books
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Publication Year
1998
Pages
244
Subject
American literature--Filipino American authors. Filipino Americans--Cultural assimilation. Filipino Americans--Ethnic identity.
Description
Excerpt from Acknowledgement:"...This is the context in which Filipinos- neither aliens nor citizens but "nationals" - appeared first in Hawaii, then in California, Washington state, and throughout the North American continent. Once can say that the interruption of the struggle for national independence and popular sovereignty is what inaugurates the beginning of the narrative of Filipino lives in the United States. It is a narrative still unfolding, flash-forwards, unpredictable climaxes, and repetitions, seemingly without any denouement. It is a narrative of unity and contradiction. In this collection of essays, I attempt to present versions of this narrative to provoke an interrogation of the conventional wisdom and a critique of the global system of capital...." - from Amzon
Number of Copies
2
