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Authors: Jonathan Y. Okamura
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First published in 1998. The Philippines play a major role in expanding the international Filipino community through its promotion of international labor migrat
Imagining Asia in the Americas
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Authors: Zelideth MarĂ­a Rivas
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For centuries, Asian immigrants have been making vital contributions to the cultures of North and South America. Yet in many of these countries, Asians are comm
Voyages
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Pages: 317
Authors: Cathy A. Small
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-11-15 - Publisher: Cornell University Press

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In Voyages, Cathy A. Small offers a view of the changes in migration, globalization, and ethnographic fieldwork over three decades. The second edition adds fres
Beyond the Nation
Language: en
Pages: 300
Authors: Martin Joseph Ponce
Categories: Literary Collections
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-02 - Publisher: NYU Press

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Part of the American Literatures Initiative Series Beyond the Nation charts an expansive history of Filipino literature in the U.S., forged within the dual cont
The Work of Mothering
Language: en
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Authors: Harrod J Suarez
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-10-16 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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Women make up a majority of the Filipino workforce laboring overseas. Their frequent employment in nurturing, maternal jobs--nanny, maid, caretaker, nurse--has