Making Home in Diasporic Communities: Transnational Belonging Amongst Filipina Migrants

ISBN-13: 9780367595746 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 168 str.

Diane Sabenacio Nititham

Opis

This book demonstrates the global scope of the Filipino diaspora and explores ways in which the dynamics of nation-state institutions, labour migration, and social relationships intersect for transnational communities. Filipinas are seen as mobile, as they have crossed geographical borders and are physicall

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Conceptualising Home and Diaspora 2. Landscapes of Dislocation 3. ‘Our Noses Will Bleed and Then We Die’: Using Language as a Borderland Strategy 4. ‘Hey! Are you Filipino?’ Adapting Rituals, Religion and Routine 5. ‘As Long as You Have Your Food, You Feel at Home’: Eating, Gathering and Socializing 6. Romanticizing the Homeland 7. Working towards Home  References Appendix A: Profile of Participants Appendix B: Interview Questions Appendix C: Notes on Terminology

O autorze

Diane Nititham is a professor of sociology at Murray State University, USA. She specialises in migration, diaspora, and transnational communities, and is the co-editor of Heritage, Diaspora and the Consumption of Culture.