Toward Filipino Self-Determination

E. San Juan Jr.

Description

Granted formal independence in 1946, the Philippines serves as a battleground between the neoliberal project of capitalist globalization and the enduring aspiration of Filipinos for national self-determination. More than ten million Filipino workers—over one-tenth of the country's total population—work as contract workers in all parts of the world. How did this "model" colony of the United States devolve into an impoverished, war-torn neocolonial hinterland, a provider of cheap labor and raw materials for the rest of the world? In Toward Filipino Self-Determination, E. San Juan Jr. explores the historical, cultural, and political formation of the Filipino diaspora. By focusing on the work of significant Filipino intellectuals and activists, including Carlos Bulosan and Philip Vera Cruz, as well as the issues of gender and language for workers in the United States, San Juan provides a historical-materialist reading of social practices, discourses, and institutions that explain the contradictions characterizing Filipino life in both the United States and in the Philippines.
Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Imperial Terror in the Homeland

2. In the Belly of the Beast

3 Subaltern Silence: Vernacular Speech Acts

4. Revisiting Carlos Bulosan

5. Emergency Signals from the Shipwreck

6. Trajectories of Diaspora Survivors

7. Tracking the Exile’s Flight: Mapping a Rendezvous

Afterword
References
Index

Sujets

• Ethnic studies
• History of Asia
• Central Asia

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 02 juillet 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781438427379
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Toward Filipino SelfDetermination

SUNY series in Global Modernity Arif Dirlik, editor

Toward Filipino SelfDetermination

Beyond Transnational Globalization

E. San Juan Jr.

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Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data

San Juan, E. (Epifanio), 1938– Toward Filipino self-determination : beyond transnational globalization / E. San Juan Jr. p. cm. — (SUNY series in global modernity) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4384-2723-2 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Filipino-Americans—History. 2. Filipino-Americans—Social conditions. 3. United States—Relations—Philippines. 4. Philippines—Relations— Unied States. I. Title. E184.F4S28 2009 305.899'921073—dc22 2008047581

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For Maricris Sioson, Cecilia Gelio-Agan, Flor Contemplacion, Delia Maga, Jocelyn Guanezo, Sarah Balabagan, and millions of Overseas Filipino Workers—victims of transnationalism, cosmopolitanism, and imperialist globalization.

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Imperial Terror in the Homeland

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Subaltern Silence: Vernacular Speech Acts

In the Belly of the Beast

Revisiting Carlos Bulosan

Tracking the Exile’s Flight: Mapping a Rendezvous

Emergency Signals from the Shipwreck

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