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CULTURES-FILIPINO

General Information Websites

The Filipino and Filipino American Information & Resource Center:
http://www.filipinoweb.com/
"This website's mission is to offer valuable information and good resources related to the Philippines, Filipinos, and Filipino Americans."

Filipino American Resources: Compiled by the Lemieux Library of the University of Seattle:
http://www.seattleu.edu/lemlib/web_archives/Filipino/history.html
Provides information and links to other resources about arts, education, history, issues, religion, and literature.

Website for Teachers

Center for Southeast Asian Studies: Northern Illinois University:
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Tagalog/
Tagalog language and Filipino culture resorce. The site even has a link entitled, The Philippines: A Module for Teachers and K-12 Learners

Additional Reading

Bulosan, C. & San Juan, Jr., E. (1995). On Becoming Filipino: Selected Writings of Carlos Bulosan. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press.

Catillo-Tsuchida, A. (1979). Filipino Migrants in San Diego, 1900-1946. San Diego, CA: San Diego Society, Title Insurance & Trust Collection.

Espiritu, Y. L. (1995). Filipino American Lives. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press.

Francia, L. H. & Gamalinda, E. (1998). Flippin': Filipinos on America. Asian American Writers' Workshop.

Rafael, V. L. (1995). Discrepant Histories: Translocal Essays on Filipino Cultures. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press.

San Juan Jr., E. (1998). From Exile to Diaspora: Versions of the Filipino Experience in the United States. Westview Press.


 
 
 
 
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