Racism and Resistance Among the Filipino Diaspora - Everyday Anti-Racism in Australia

Informationen zum Autor Kristine Aquino is Lecturer in Global Studies at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Her research interests are in the study of global migration, transnationalism, race and ethnicity, and everyday multiculturalism in urban life. Zusammenfassung This book explores the ways in which Filipino migrants in Australia experience, understand and negotiate racism in their everyday lives. In particular, it explores the notion of everyday anti-racism – the strategies individuals deploy to manage racism in their day to day lives. The author also shares case studies based on extensive fieldwork. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Histories of the ‘Filipino’ in Australia and beyond 3. Coping with honorary whiteness: Aspirant middle class Filipino migrants 4. Reclaiming rights, morality and esteem: The dignity of working class Filipino migrants 5. ‘Mail Order Bride’ or loving wife? Revisiting the experience of Filipina ‘marriage migrants' 6. More than a game: Embodied resistance among young Filipino-Australian street ballers 7. Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Kristine Aquino, Kristine (Macquarie University Aquino
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781138707931
• ISBN: 978-1-138-70793-1
• No. of pages: 154
• Series: Routledge Series on Asian Migration; Routledge Series on Asian Migration
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, South East Asia, Colonialism & imperialism, Migration, immigration & emigration, Regional Studies, Migration, immigration and emigration, Social and cultural anthropology, Colonialism and imperialism, Regional / International studies, Gender studies, gender groups, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General