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When Asian Americans are discussed in the media the reference is often to people of Chinese or Japanese descent. However, the largest Asian American ethnic group is Filipino, a group of which little is known or written despite its long-standing history with the United States. This interdisciplinary analysis rectifies this dearth of information by addressing ethnic identity, the impact of different colonizations on ethnic identity, personal and family relationships, mental health, race, and racism. In addition, the sociopolitical context is examined in each chapter, making the volume useful as a foundational tool for hypothesis generation, empirical research, policy analysis and planning, and literature review.
Deflowering the Sampaguita
Deflowering the Sampaguita
First Holy Communion
First. Like never before. Like when you know everyone but you is doing it. Teenage girls wearing hose instead of anklets, sitting at the back of the bus among the boys; your older cousins with flip-teased dos and painted toenails, false lashes, and padded bras; the neighborhood sitter who reeks of nicotine, bubble gum lip gloss, and cheap eau de toilette; your beautiful auntie who flies from Russia to China to Norway to you, planting big red kisses all over your face, ripe and luscious as strawberries in late August; your mommy sleek and steady, smart and calm; and even your very old and shaky lola. They are doing it. Every week. Every Sunday. Some, even, every ...
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