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Book SynopsisRead an interview with Robyn Rodriguez. Filipino American Transnational Activism: Diasporic Politics among the Second Generation offers an account of how Filipinos born or raised in the United States often defy the multiple assimilationist agendas that attempt to shape their understandings of themselves. Despite conditions that might lead them to reject any kind of relationship to the Philippines in favor of a deep rootedness in the United States, many forge linkages to the “homeland” and are actively engaged in activism and social movements transnationally. Though it may well be true that most Filipino Americans have an ambivalent relationship to the Philippines, many of the chapters of this book show that other possibilities for belonging and imaginaries of “home” are being crafted and pursued.
Table of Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction Robyn Magalit Rodriguez 1 Being Filipino without the Philippines: Second-Generation Filipino American Ethnic Identification Armand Gutierrez 2 Bayan Ko (My Country): The KDP and a Diasporic Vision of Filipino American Activism, 1972–1981 Joy N. Sales 3 The Philippines Information Bulletin and the Transnational Anti-Marcos Press Mark John Sanchez 4 Artist as Citizen: Transnational Cultural Work in the National Democratic Movement of the Philippines Ryan Leano 5 “Centerwomen” and the “Fourth Shift”: Revolutionary Intimacies and a Study of Best Practices, 1972–1992 Karen Buenavista Hanna 6 Painting the Picture: Habi Arts and Collective Mural Making in the Los Angeles Area Darlene Marie “Daya” Mortel Edouard 7 The Intertextuality of Triumphant Diaspora Return: Readings the Novels of R. Zamora Linmark L. Joyce Zapanta Mariano 8 Transpacific Freedom Dreams: The Radical Legacy of Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes Michael Schulze-Oechtering CastanedaandWayne Jopanda Conclusion Index
