Vanishing Filipino Americans: The Bridge Generation by Peter Jamero NATIONAL ARTISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES

Vanishing Filipino Americans: The Bridge Generation by Peter Jamero NATIONAL ARTISTS OF THE PHILIPPINESDocumentation of Filipino history in America is largely limited to the experiences of the Manong Generation that immigrated to the U. S. during the early 1900s. Jamero documents the experiences and contributions of the second generation Filipino Americans the Bridge Generation addressing a significant void in the history of Filipinos in America. A scholarly but accessible book. Interviews of the surviving Bridge membersand their words in particular,

by themselves

third wave immigrants tended to be highly-trained professionals (doctors

and is currently teaching at James Logan High School in Union City

Responsible for the Camp Commander's laundry

Fan by Walter Lew

Foreword by Marilyn Chin

It showcases the kind of writings that they are involved in

and persevere wherever he finds himself

The texts reconnoiter and reveal

continues: The Likhaan Book of Poetry and Fiction 1996

Paperback: 122 pages

the Filipino diaspora—about six million “overseas contract workers” scattered around the planet—is radically configuring the Filipino presence and potential for change in the U