From Exile to Diaspora - 9780367159634

Taylor & Francis

This book includes essays of the narrative of Filipino lives in the United States to provoke interrogation of the conventional wisdom and a critique of the global system of capital. It helps in constituting the Filipino community as an agent of historic change in a racist society. > This book includes essays of the narrative of Filipino lives in the United States to provoke interrogation of the conventional wisdom and a critique of the global system of capital. It helps in constituting the Filipino community as an agent of historic change in a racist society. > Introduction 1. Alias \""Flips,\"" \""Pinoys,\"" \""Brown Monkeys ... \"": From the Boondocks to the \""Belly of the Beast\"" 2. From Identity Politics to Transformative Critique 3. Arming the Spirit, Writing in Times of Emergency 4. Bulosan's Metamorphosis: The Return of the Alter/Native 5. Resistance, Intervention, Deliverance: Lessons from Philip Vera Cruz 6. Prophesying a Permanent Cultural Revolution 7. Fragments from an Exl