6. Making Mestizos: Filipino American Mixed-Race Children and Discourses of Belonging, 1898 and Beyond

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Dangerous Intercourse: Romantic Pretense and Colonial Violence 1
5. 1. Marshaling Interracial Intercourse during the Philippine-American War, 1898–1902 19
6. 2. Colonial “Frontiers”: Empire Building and Intercourse in the Northern and Southern Philippines 47
7. 3. Colonial Sociality and Policing Dangerous Intercourse, 1898–1907 86
8. 4. The Trials of Intercourse: Criminality and Illegitimacy in the Colonial Courts 120
9. 5. Depicting Dangerous Intercourse: Sam and Maganda on the Pages of Empire 152
10. 6. Making Mestizos: Filipino American Mixed-Race Children and Discourses of Belonging, 1898 and Beyond 183
11. Conclusion: “My Filipino Baby,” Absolution, and the Aftermath of an Imperial Romance 221
12. Notes 229
13. Bibliography 263
14. Index 287