Filipino Americans : transformation and identity

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 Filipinos
Chapter 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 Out
Chapter 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 Mainstream
Chapter 22 - Filipino Americans and Ecology: New Challenges in the Global Future
Chapter 23 - Filipino Spirituality: An Immigrant's Perspective
Index
About the Authors