""Empire of Care" is an extremely important work, a milestone in Asian American and American studies, and a singular contribution to the emergent field of Filipino American studies."--Vicente L. Rafael, author of "White Love and Other Events in Filipino History"
""Empire of Care" is an extremely important work, a milestone in Asian American and American studies, and a singular contribution to the emergent field of Filipino American studies."--Vicente L. Rafael, author of "White Love and Other Events in Filipino History"
Catherine Ceniza Choy is Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
Inhaltsangabe
Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: The Contours of a Filipino American History 1 Part I. Nurturing Empire 1. Nursing Matters: Women and U.S. Colonialism in the Philippines 17 2. “The Usual Subjects": The Preconditions of Professional Migration 41 Part II. Caring Unbound 3. “Your Cap Is a Passport": Filipino Nurses and the U.S. Exchange Visitor Program 61 4. To the Point of No Return: From Exchange Visitor to Permanent Resident > 5. Trial and Error: Crime and Punishment in America's “Wound Culture" > 6. Conflict and Caring: Filipino Nurses Organize in the United States 166 Epilogue 186 Appendix: On Sources 193 Notes 197 Bibliography 229 Index 245
Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: The Contours of a Filipino American History 1 Part I. Nurturing Empire 1. Nursing Matters: Women and U.S. Colonialism in the Philippines 17 2. “The Usual Subjects": The Preconditions of Professional Migration 41 Part II. Caring Unbound 3. “Your Cap Is a Passport": Filipino Nurses and the U.S. Exchange Visitor Program 61 4. To the Point of No Return: From Exchange Visitor to Permanent Resident > 5. Trial and Error: Crime and Punishment in America's “Wound Culture" > 6. Conflict and Caring: Filipino Nurses Organize in the United States 166 Epilogue 186 Appendix: On Sources 193 Notes 197 Bibliography 229 Index 245
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