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Chinese and Chinese Mestizos of Manila: Family, Identity, and Culture, 1860s-1930s

Chinese and Chinese Mestizos of Manila: Family, Identity, and Culture

Penned By Richard T. Chu
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Chinese and Chinese Mestizos of Manila: Family, Identity, and Culture, 1860s-1930s

Chinese and Chinese Mestizos of Manila: Family, Identity, and Culture

Penned By Richard T. Chu
4.85 17,848 Ratings
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For centuries, the Chinese have been intermarrying with inhabitants of the Philippines, resulting in a creolized community of Chinese mestizos under the Spanish colonial regime. In contemporary Philippine society, the "Chinese" are seen as a racialized "Other" while descendants from early Chinese-Filipino intermarriages as "Filipino." Previous scholarship attributes this development to the identification of Chinese mestizos with the equally "Hispanicized" and "Catholic" indios. Building on works in Chinese transnationalism and cultural anthropology, this book examines the everyday practices of Chinese merchant families in Manila from the 1860's to the 1930's. The result is a fascinating study of how families and individuals creatively negotiated thier identities in ways that challenge our understanding of the genesis of the ethnic identities in the Philippines.“…[This book] helps contribute to the revision of the existing literature on the Chinese and Chinese mestizos with a new perspective that highlights the emerging field of transnational studies.” - Prof. Augusto Espiritu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign“…the author does an outstanding job and we recommend that citizens of the Philippine ‘nation,’ whether they see themselves as ‘Chinese’ or ‘Filipino’ would do well to read this work and understand the origins of the racial stereotypes that influence the way they look at particular members of Philippine society, particularly in Manila.” - Prof. Ellen Palanca and Prof. Clark Alejandrino, Ateneo de Manila University

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Length 451 Pages
Language Eng
Imprint Anvil Publishing, Inc.
Released 2012
Identifier (ISBN) 15380082
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Richard T. Chu is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Richard T. Chu can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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