The Condition of Filipino Americanism: Global Americana as a Relation of Death

At the nexus of a prevailing Filipino-American discourse that celebrates the Filipino-American as a cooperative participant in the United States nation-building project sits an “unnamable violence” that masks the genocidal preconditions of “multiculturalist” white supremacy, to which this discourse...

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Main Author: Rodríguez, Dylan
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.kk-11502024-12-15T15:24:02Z The Condition of Filipino Americanism: Global Americana as a Relation of Death Rodríguez, Dylan At the nexus of a prevailing Filipino-American discourse that celebrates the Filipino-American as a cooperative participant in the United States nation-building project sits an “unnamable violence” that masks the genocidal preconditions of “multiculturalist” white supremacy, to which this discourse unwittingly subscribes. The article explores the beginnings and development of this discourse, and the workings of American white supremacy in naturalizing relations of death between itself and its “others.” The article ends with a reflection on how “natural” disasters like Hurricane Katrina and the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo become means of legitimizing discourses that reinforce white invulnerability vis-à-vis disposability of non-white subjects. 2024-12-16T08:20:11Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss11/13 info:doi/10.13185/1656-152x.1150 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1150/viewcontent/_5BKKv00n11_2008_5D_202.3_Article_Rodr_C3_ADguez.pdf Kritika Kultura Archīum Ateneo American multiculturalism Filipino-American War Hurricane Katrina Mt. Pinatubo
institution Ateneo De Manila University
building Ateneo De Manila University Library
continent Asia
country Philippines
Philippines
content_provider Ateneo De Manila University Library
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topic American multiculturalism
Filipino-American War
Hurricane Katrina
Mt. Pinatubo
spellingShingle American multiculturalism
Filipino-American War
Hurricane Katrina
Mt. Pinatubo
Rodríguez, Dylan
The Condition of Filipino Americanism: Global Americana as a Relation of Death
description At the nexus of a prevailing Filipino-American discourse that celebrates the Filipino-American as a cooperative participant in the United States nation-building project sits an “unnamable violence” that masks the genocidal preconditions of “multiculturalist” white supremacy, to which this discourse unwittingly subscribes. The article explores the beginnings and development of this discourse, and the workings of American white supremacy in naturalizing relations of death between itself and its “others.” The article ends with a reflection on how “natural” disasters like Hurricane Katrina and the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo become means of legitimizing discourses that reinforce white invulnerability vis-à-vis disposability of non-white subjects.
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title The Condition of Filipino Americanism: Global Americana as a Relation of Death
title_short The Condition of Filipino Americanism: Global Americana as a Relation of Death
title_full The Condition of Filipino Americanism: Global Americana as a Relation of Death
title_fullStr The Condition of Filipino Americanism: Global Americana as a Relation of Death
title_full_unstemmed The Condition of Filipino Americanism: Global Americana as a Relation of Death
title_sort condition of filipino americanism: global americana as a relation of death
publisher Archīum Ateneo
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url https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss11/13
https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1150/viewcontent/_5BKKv00n11_2008_5D_202.3_Article_Rodr_C3_ADguez.pdf
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