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Author:

Espiritu, Yen Le, 1963-

Title:

Home bound : Filipino American lives across cultures, communities, and countries / Yen Le Espiritu.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

xi, 271 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Filipino Americans--Social conditions.
Filipino Americans--Ethnic identity.
Family--United States.
Transnationalism.
Racism--United States.
United States--Relations--Philippines.
Philippines--Relations--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-265) and index.

Contents:

Home making -- Leaving home : Filipino migration/return to the United States -- "Positively no Filipinos allowed" : differential inclusion and homelessness -- Mobile homes : lives across borders -- Making home : building communities in a Navy town -- Home, sweet home : work and changing family relations -- "We don't sleep around like white girls do" : the politics of home and location -- "What of the children?" : emerging homes and identities -- Homes, borders, and possibilities.

ISBN:

9780520235274 (paper : alk. paper)
0520235274 (paper : alk. paper)
9780520227552 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520227557 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)50511069

LCCN:

2002007139

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)