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7%OFFAnthony Christian Ocampo - The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race - 9780804797542 - V9780804797542
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The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race

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Description for The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFFJ; JFFN; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Is race only about the color of your skin? In The Latinos of Asia, Anthony Christian Ocampo shows that what color you are depends largely on your social context. Filipino Americans, for example, helped establish the Asian American movement and are classified by the U.S. Census as Asian. But the legacy of Spanish colonialism in the Philippines means that they share many cultural characteristics with Latinos, such as last names, religion, and language. Thus, Filipinos' color -their sense of connection with other racial groups-changes depending on their social context. The Filipino ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
318g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804797542
SKU
V9780804797542
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About Anthony Christian Ocampo
Anthony Christian Ocampo is Assistant Professor of Sociology at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and a Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Public Policy at University of California-Riverside.

Reviews for The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race
I learned a great deal from The Latinos of Asia. Ocampo's accessible writing style and vast knowledge of what it means to be Filipino in America make the book a page-turner. Ocampo certainly accomplishes what my student observed as the book's major strength-he thoughtfully illuminates factors shaping the racial identity of an important, yet overlooked, ethnic group.
Emily ... Read more

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