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Filipino Identity
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Philippine Woman in America
by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
Book Description/Reviews:
Compilation of essays, many from author's column in Philippine American News 1982-1988. As a Filipino woman in America, Brainard shares her feelings of straddling two nations and two cultures. She also shares her experiences of transformation of becoming an American and yet still being a Filipina. Her essays deal with issues such as discrimination, history, politics, homesickness, feelings of exile, and memories of the homeland that sustain her.
Brainard is an award-winning journalist and novelist both in the U.S. and the Philippines.
You can learn more about her at her web site at http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/4463/.
And you can buy this book online and many others by her and other Filipino authors direct from her publishing house called Philippine American Literary House at http://www.palhbooks.com/.
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Coming Full Circle: The Process of Decolonization Among Post-1965 Filipino-Americans
by Leny Mendoza Strobel
Book Description/Reviews:
This is a brave book of a Filipino woman's study and exploration of the phenomenon of Filipino's lack of ethnic pride and the inability to articulate or manifest a strong sense of ethnic identity (colonial mentality) and the process of unlearning it (decolonization). The book is a ground breaking, significant contribution to Filipino community because it is a lucid articulation of the predicament and struggle within the process of finding Filipino identity---individual and collective, whole and healed. Click here for the full book review.
To get your copy of this book in the U.S., you can order it at amazon.com or from Arkipelago Bookstore in San Francisco (http://www.arkipelagobooks.com).
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From America to Africa: Voices of Filipino Women Overseas
by Author Lorna Kalaw Tirol, Publisher Imelda Nicolas
Book Description/Reviews:
A wonderful collection of stories of
Filipinas from around the world.
Find experiences of 19 women,
from a nursing director in Saudi to an
animal rights activist in North Carolina...
a domestic helper in Hong Kong to a CEO of a
multinational company...
a yoga instructor in Massachusetters to a TV journalist in
Singapore. Here is a book on the
perserverances and successes of
fabulous Filipinas from every walk of life,
every corner of the globe.
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The Filipino Americans : From 1763 to the Present : Their History, Culture, and Traditions
by Veltisezar B. Bautista
The publisher , August 16, 1997
The most comprehensive book on Filipino Americans.
The Filipino Americans: Their History, Culture, and Traditions by Veltisezar Bautista provides a vista by which others may view the Filipino community and its leaders about their history, values, customs, and traditions. The book gives a better understanding of the Filipino mind, attitude, and character. It also illustrates the significant contributions made by Filipino Americans to American culture, society, cuisine, economy, politics, sports, and entertainment. The book is divided into four parts: Part I--Historical Background; Part II--Coming to America; Part III--Filipino Life, Customs, and Traditions; and Part IV--Brief Profiles of Notable Filipino Americans. Part I includes chapters on the Philippine Revolution (1896-1898) and the Philippine American War (1899-1902) to give a historical backdrop for examining Philippine-American relations and for commemorating the centennials of these momentous events, including the Philippine Independence (1898). Bautista, a Filipino American who knows his people well, is the multi-award-winning author of five other nonfiction books.
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The Filipino Mind, Philippine Philosophical Studies II (Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change. Series III, Asia ; Vol. 8)
by Leonardo N. Mercado
BagongPinay says: Pinoys, in the process of a people searching for its "Filipino Identity" must recognize, first of all both their cultural identity and then their philosophical identity. Mr. Mercado's book The Filipino Mind is an exploration in exactly that context.
This is a deep thinking book and a cultural/philosophical mind-bending book for both Pinoys born and raised in the homeland or abroad. ---P.P.D.
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Filipino Americans: Transformation and Identity
by Maria P.P. Root (Editor)
Customer Review at Amazon.com:
Edgar Hopida from San Diego, CA , 04/21/98 ---
Finally! A book that covers the contemporary issues of Filipino-Americans today. We should have more books like this as required texts for Filipino-American history, Asian American history classes, and sociology classes. I particularly like the subjects of the colonial mentality, decolonization, and Filipino American identity. One of the best books ever written about my culture and ethnicity since Fred Cordova's book.
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