Sexualised Citizenship : A Cultural History of Philippines-Australian Migration

This book considers the intersections of race, gender and class in multicultural Australia through the lens of migration to the country. Focusing on Philippines-born migration, it presents the profile and history of this minority group through an examination of their print material culture over the...

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Main Author Espinosa, Shirlita Africa (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
SeriesGender, Sexualities and Culture in Asia
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9789811047442
DOI10.1007/978-981-10-4744-2
Physical DescriptionXI, 261 p. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Philippine migration in multicultural Australia
  • Writing a cultural history
  • Representations of a sexualised citizen
  • Fil-Oz in Blacktown : a cultural geography
  • Questionable solidarity: "Romances, after all, start in various ways"
  • Class and Filipino Australians
  • Male-ordered bodies
  • The Filipino elderly: to love is to labour
  • Filipino Australian activism: decolonising solidarity and the search for identity
  • Conclusions: The culturalisation of sexualised citizenship.