{"product_id":"the-filipino-migration-experience-global-agents-of-change","title":"Filipino Migration Experience","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the New South Wales Premier's History Awards, General History Prize (2022)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Filipino Migration Experience\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e introduces a new dimension to the usual depiction of migrants as disenfranchised workers or marginal ethnic groups. Mina Roces suggests alternative ways of conceptualizing Filipino migrants as critics of the family and cultural constructions of sexuality, as consumers and investors, as philanthropists, as activists, and, as historians.\u003c\/b\u003e They have been able to transform fundamental social institutions and well-entrenched traditional norms, as well as alter the business, economic and cultural landscapes of both the homeland and the host countries to which they have migrated. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMina Roces tells the story of the Filipino migration experience from the perspective of the migrants themselves, drawing on underused primary sources from the \"migrant archives\" and more than seventy interviews. Bringing together migration studies and Filipina\/o\/x American studies, \u003ci\u003eThe Filipino Migration Experience\u003c\/i\u003e explores how these migrants have profoundly reshaped the status quo.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40286991581267,"sku":"9781501760402","price":116.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781501760402_c23de877-66cc-454a-bc6b-9c20c285773c.jpg?v=1778908547","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/the-filipino-migration-experience-global-agents-of-change","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}