Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Preface: Why Filipinos? xvii
5. 1. Introduction: Filipino Community Formation on the Internet 1
6. 2. Problematizing Diaspora: If Nation, Culture, and Homeland Are Constructed, Why Bother with Diasporic Identity? 28
7. 3. Selling Out One’s Culture: The Imagined Homeland and Authenticity 53
8. 4. “Ain’t I a Filipino (Woman)?”: Filipina as Gender Marker 78
9. 5. Laughter in the Rain: Jokes as Membership and Resistance 113
10. 6. E Pluribus or E Pluribus Unum?: Can There Be Unity in Diversity? 134
11. APPENDIX A: STUDYING THE DEFINITION OF “FILIPINO” 149
12. APPENDIX B: YOU MAY BE MARRIED TO A FILIPINA IF 150
13. APPENDIX C: ARE YOU REALLY FILIPINO? 152
14. NOTES 157
15. REFERENCES 163
16. INDEX 171
17. About the Author 177