Maalwang Buhay: Family, Overseas Migration, and Cultures of Relatedness in Barangay Paraiso

• Main Authors: Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr, Peñalosa, John Estanley Z, Liwanag, Tania Belen T, Cruz, Resto S, Melendrez, Jimmy M
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2009
• Subjects: History; Social and Cultural Anthropology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/history-faculty-pubs/49; http://www.ateneo.edu/ateneopress/product/maalwang-buhay-family-overseas-migration-and-cultures-relatedness-barangay-paraiso
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

The greatest single strength of this work can be termed its anthropological foundations. Many studies of overseas migration fail to dwell upon the underlying structural context that helps us understand the cause, nature, and consequence of this phenomenon. After all, the separation of children from...