Routledge Handbook of the Filipino Diaspora

Kristine Aquino is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. A sociologist and urban ethnographer with research expertise in Filipino migration, her work addresses migration regimes and migrant inequalities in global cities. She is the author of Racism and Resistance among the Filipino Diaspora: Everyday Anti-Racism in Australia (Routledge, 2017) and co-producer of ‘On Sundays, We Play’ (2023) a short film and photo art book documenting the leisure cultures of Filipina migrant domestic workers. Earvin Charles B. Cabalquinto is an Australian Research Council DECRA Research Fellow and Senior Lecturer at Monash University, Australia. He is also an Honorary Visiting Fellow of the Humanities Research Centre at the Australian National University. His research expertise lies in the intersections of digital media, mobilities, migration, and ageing research. He is the author of (Im)mobile Homes: Family life at a distance in the age of mobile media and co-authored the book, Philippine Digital Cultures: Brokerage Dynamics on YouTube.Valerie Francisco-Menchavez is Professor in the Department of Sociology and Sexuality Studies at San Francisco State University. Her first book, The Labor of Care: Filipina Migrants and Transnational Families in the Digital Age is an award-winning title that explores the dynamics of gender and technology of care work and intimacy in Filipino transnational families in the Philippines and the U.S. Her other recently published works include the book Caring for Caregivers: Filipina Migrant Workers and Community Building during Crisis.

• ForewordIntroduction: Histories, presents and trajectories of global Filipino migration and diasporaPart I Diaspora as History and StructureChapter 1 Racism, Manilamen and First Nations People in Colonial Australia: Entangled HistoriesChapter 2 Filipinx American Activism and the Political Possibilities of Border CrossingChapter 3 Seafarers in the Filipino Labor Diaspora: Shaping Diasporic Subjects in the Global Maritime IndustryChapter 4 Legal Regimes and Governance on Filipino MigrationChapter 5 The Philippines’ Migration Infrastructure and the Making of Overseas Filipino WorkersChapter 6 The Philippine Labor Diasporas and Care as a Response to PrecarityChapter 7 Memory, Care, and Labour Migration: Re/Membering the Diasporas through ActivismChapter 8 Filipino Activism in the DiasporaResearch Dialogue: Mina RocesPart II Diaspora as Community and IdentityChapter 9 The Intersectionalities of “Ginhawa” (Ease) and “Hirap” (Struggle) in the Experiences of Women in Filipino Transnational FamiliesChapter 10 Siblingship and Filipino migration over TimeChapter 11 Intermarriages Involving Filipino Migrants in European Contexts: Insights and Research DirectionsChapter 12 The Lived Experience of Filipino Teachers in the US.: Making Them Visible in the DiasporaChapter 13 Ethnic Studies Education as an Antidote to Colonial SchoolingChapter 14 Leisure Cultures and City-Making Among Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs)Chapter 15 Digital Filipino Diaspora: Rethinking Connectivity in a Transnational HomeChapter 16 Reimagining Belonging and Queer Identity Subject Formation among the Global Filipinx/a/o: The Multiverse of QueernessChapter 17 Racialized Masculinity of Filipino American Men: A Review of Masculinity Research in PsychologyChapter 18 Kwentuhan: Storytelling for Personal and Collective Healing Across GenerationsChapter 19 Migrant Filipino Musicians in AustraliaChapter 20 Language Learning Narratives and the Contestation of Precarity of Filipino Au Pairs in GermanyChapter 21 Mobilizing Indigeneity in DiasporaResearch Dialogue: Robyn Magalit RodriguezPart III Diaspora as unfinished projectChapter 22 Governing Emigration in the Philippines: Policies, Politics and State InitiativesChapter 23 Varieties of Return Migration in the Philippines: Migrant Worker Returnees and ReintegrationChapter 24 Irregular Migration and Filipino Migrants in the NetherlandsChapter 25 Migration and Border Narratives of Transgender Women from the Philippines: Transpinays in TransitChapter 26 Filipino Students in Southeast Asia: Exploring Higher Education Mobility Experiences and their Influence on EmployabilityChapter 27 Filipino Migrant Content Creators as Informal Brokers of Diasporic LifeChapter 28 Elite Filipino Migrants and Glocal Intimacies: Navigating home and homelandChapter 29 Leaves on the Vine Entanglements of Diasporic Filipinx & Disability Scholar-Activisms:The Emergence of Queer Crip Filipinx Studies & MovementChapter 30 Filipino Migration and Public HealthChapter 31 Filipino Aging Across Geographies and Generations: Reimagining Legacy Work and Inheritance as Relational and Collective Care WorkChapter 32 Remittances, Bayanihan and the Struggles of Typhoon Haiyan Survivors in Tacloban North during COVID-19Research Dialogue: Martin F. Malansan IV