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Across Oceans: The Origins of the Filipino Diaspora, Volume I
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Series: The Filipino Diaspora Collection, Book 1
Literary CriticismGeneral World History
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ISBN13: 9798273418523
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 6 2025
Pages: 134
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.29 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Nov 6 2025
Pages: 134
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.29 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
THE FILIPINO DIASPORA COLLECTION
The Filipino Diaspora Collection is a five-volume literary and historical odyssey tracing the Filipino journey across centuries, continents, and conditions of survival. It is at once a chronicle and confession - a portrait of a people who have turned migration into meaning and endurance into enlightenment.
The Filipino Diaspora Collection is a five-volume literary and historical odyssey tracing the Filipino journey across centuries, continents, and conditions of survival. It is at once a chronicle and confession - a portrait of a people who have turned migration into meaning and endurance into enlightenment.
It is written in the laughter of nurses in California, the songs of seafarers in the Atlantic, the classrooms of Toronto, and the bustling kitchens of Dubai. It is written in every letter, every phone call, every remittance, and every unspoken longing for home.
Each volume of the Filipino Diaspora Collection explores a different dimension of this living history:
Each volume of the Filipino Diaspora Collection explores a different dimension of this living history:
- Volume I, Across Oceans, traces the journey - from the galleon trade to the global workforce - that transformed Filipinos into citizens of the world.
- Volume II, The Filipino Identity Abroad, asks what it means to remain Filipino when surrounded by another culture, and how identity evolves across generations.
- Volume III, Exile and Influence, remembers those who fought for justice and democracy far from home - proof that distance can sharpen rather than dull patriotism.
- Volume IV, Remittances and Realities, reveals the economics of sacrifice, where love and labor sustain both families and nations.
- Volume V, Bridges of Bayanihan, celebrates the unbreakable bonds of community that allow Filipinos to turn separation into solidarity.
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