Insurgent Communities
How Protests Create a Filipino Diaspora
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Erschienen am 8. März 2024
240 Seiten
978-0-226-83167-1 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Sociologist Sharon M. Quinsaat sheds new light on the formation of diasporic connections through transnational protests. When people migrate and settle in other countries, do they automatically form a diaspora? In Insurgent Communities, Sharon M. Quinsaat explains the dynamic process through which a diaspora is strategically constructed. Quinsaat looks to Filipinos in the United States and the Netherlands examining their resistance against the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, their mobilization for migrants rights, and the construction of a collective memory of the Marcos regime to argue that diasporas emerge through political activism. Social movements provide an essential space for addressing migrants diverse experiences and relationships with their homeland and its history. A significant contribution to the interdisciplinary field of migration and social movements studies, Insurgent Communities illuminates how people develop collective identities in times of social upheaval.
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Inhalt
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. Movement(s) and Identities: Toward a Theory of Diaspora Construction through Contention
- 2. Roots and Routes: Global Migration of Filipinos
- 3. Patriots and Revolutionaries: Anti-Dictatorship Movement and Loyalty to the Homeland
- 4. Workers and Minorities: Mobilizations for Migrants' Rights and Ethnic/National Solidarity
- 5. Storytellers and Interlocutors: Collective Memory Activism and Shared History
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix: Methodology
- Notes
- References
- Index
