Kristine Aquino is Lecturer in Global Studies at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Her research interests are in the study of global migration, transnationalism, race and ethnicity, and everyday multiculturalism in urban life.

• 1. Introduction2. Histories of the ‘Filipino’ in Australia and beyond3. Coping with honorary whiteness: Aspirant middle class Filipino migrants4. Reclaiming rights, morality and esteem: The dignity of working class Filipino migrants5. ‘Mail Order Bride’ or loving wife? Revisiting the experience of Filipina ‘marriage migrants'6. More than a game: Embodied resistance among young Filipino-Australian street ballers7. Conclusion

Kristine Aquino is Lecturer in Global Studies at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Her research interests are in the study of global migration, transnationalism, race and ethnicity, and everyday multiculturalism in urban life.

• 1. Introduction2. Histories of the ‘Filipino’ in Australia and beyond3. Coping with honorary whiteness: Aspirant middle class Filipino migrants4. Reclaiming rights, morality and esteem: The dignity of working class Filipino migrants5. ‘Mail Order Bride’ or loving wife? Revisiting the experience of Filipina ‘marriage migrants'6. More than a game: Embodied resistance among young Filipino-Australian street ballers7. Conclusion

Kristine Aquino is Lecturer in Global Studies at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Her research interests are in the study of global migration, transnationalism, race and ethnicity, and everyday multiculturalism in urban life.

• 1. Introduction2. Histories of the ‘Filipino’ in Australia and beyond3. Coping with honorary whiteness: Aspirant middle class Filipino migrants4. Reclaiming rights, morality and esteem: The dignity of working class Filipino migrants5. ‘Mail Order Bride’ or loving wife? Revisiting the experience of Filipina ‘marriage migrants'6. More than a game: Embodied resistance among young Filipino-Australian street ballers7. Conclusion