Filipinos in Canada : : Disturbing Invisibility / / Roland Sintos Coloma, Bonnie McElhinny, Ethel Tungohan, John Paul Catungal, Lisa M. Davidson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Coloma, Roland Sintos,; Davidson, Lisa M. ,; McElhinny, Bonnie,; Tungohan, Ethel,
• MitwirkendeR: Aguinaldo, Jeffrey P.,; Angeles, Leonora C.,; Astorga-Garcia, Mila,; Balmes, Christine,; Catungal, John Paul C.,; Catungal, John Paul c.,; Coloma, Roland Sintos,; Correa, Celia,; Daga, Jean Marc,; Damasco, Valerie G.,; Davidson, Lisa M.,; De Leon, Conely,; Eric, Josephine,; Esguerra, Enrico F.,; Kelly, Philip F.,; Largo, Marissa,; Mahtani, Minelle,; McElhinny, Bonnie,; Mendoza, Maureen Grace,; Polvorosa, Cesar,; Pratt, Geraldine,; Roberts, David,; Sarumugam, Reuben,; Sayo, Carlo,; Taguba, Bryan,; Tigley, Eric B.,; Totanes, Vernon R.,; Tungohan, Ethel,; Ty, Eleanor,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (448 p.) :; 3 figures; 1 map

The Philippines became Canada's largest source of short- and long-term migrants in 2010, surpassing China and India, both of which are more than ten times larger. The fourth-largest racialized minority group in the country, the Filipino community is frequently understood by such figures as the victimized nanny, the selfless nurse, and the gangster youth. On one hand, these narratives concentrate attention, in narrow and stereotypical ways, on critical issues. On the other, they render other problems facing Filipino communities invisible.This landmark book, the first wide-ranging edited collection on Filipinos in Canada, explores gender, migration and labour, youth spaces and subjectivities, representation and community resistance to certain representations. Looking at these from the vantage points of anthropology, cultural studies, education, geography, history, information science, literature, political science, sociology, and women and gender studies, Filipinos in Canada provides a strong foundation for future work in this area.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Part One: Difference and Recognition -- 1. Spectres of (In)visibility: Filipina/o Labour, Culture, and Youth in Canada -- 2. Filipino Canadians in the Twenty-First Century: The Politics of Recognition in a Transnational Affect Economy -- 3. Filipino Immigrants in the Toronto Labour Market: Towards an Understanding of Deprofessionalization -- My Folks -- Part Two: Gender, Migration, and Labour -- Artist Statement -- 4. The Recruitment of Filipino Healthcare Professionals to Canada in the 1960s -- 5. The Rites of Passage of Filipinas in Canada: Two Migration Cohorts -- 6. (Res)sentiment and Practices of Hope: The Labours of Filipina Live-In Caregivers in Filipino Canadian Families -- 7. Debunking Notions of Migrant 'Victimhood': A Critical Assessment of Temporary Labour Migration Programs and Filipina Migrant Activism in Canada -- 8. Toronto Filipino Businesses, Ethnic Identity, and Place Making in the Diaspora -- 9. Between Society and Individual, Structure and Agency, Optimism and Pessimism: New Directions for Philippine Diasporic and Transnational Studies -- Part Three: Representation and Its Discontents -- Artist Statement -- 10. Meet Me in Toronto: The Re-exhibition of Artifacts from the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition at the Royal Ontario Museum -- 11. From the Pearl of the Orient to Uptown: A Collaborative Arts-Based Inquiry with Filipino Youth Activists in Montreal -- 12. Borrowing Privileges: Tagalog, Filipinos, and the Toronto Public Library -- 13. Abject Beings: Filipina/os in Canadian Historical Narrations -- 14. Between the Sheets -- Part Four: Youth Spaces and Subjectivities -- Artist Statement -- 15. Scales of Violence from the Body to the Globe: Slain Filipino Youth in Canadian Cities -- 16. Kapisanan: Resignifying Diasporic Post/colonial Art and Artists -- 17. Educated Minorities: The Experiences of Filipino Canadian University Students -- 18. Mas Maputi Ako sa 'yo (I'm lighter than you): The Spatial Politics of Intraracial Colourism among Filipina/o Youth in the Greater Toronto Area -- 19. The Social Construction of 'Filipina/o Studies': Youth Spaces and Subjectivities -- Part Five: Afterword -- 20. Contemplating New Spaces in Canadian Studies -- Contributors -- Index