Sacred Enchantment, Transnational Lives, and Diasporic Identity: Filipina Domestic Workers at St. John Catholic Cathedral in Kuala Lumpur

Thisarticle explores how influences from the homeland as well as notions of identity, class, and ethical behavior form the Filipino diasporic community. These notions are the filters migrants use to view and understand their relations with host citizens, religious leaders, and employers. By providin...

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Main Author:	Tondo, Josefina Socorro
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Published:	Archīum Ateneo 2014
Online Access:	https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol62/iss3/7 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/4049/viewcontent/6178.pdf
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spelling	ph-ateneo-arc.phstudies-40492024-08-07T03:42:03Z Sacred Enchantment, Transnational Lives, and Diasporic Identity: Filipina Domestic Workers at St. John Catholic Cathedral in Kuala Lumpur Tondo, Josefina Socorro Thisarticle explores how influences from the homeland as well as notions of identity, class, and ethical behavior form the Filipino diasporic community. These notions are the filters migrants use to view and understand their relations with host citizens, religious leaders, and employers. By providing an ethnographic account of Filipino migrants in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, thisarticle explores the connection between transnational migration, diaspora, and religion, highlighting the migrants’ exercise of agency, religiosity, and sociality as they construct and inscribe their identity.KEYWORDS: Transnational Migration • Diasporic Community • Religion • Sacred Space • Filipino Identity 2014-10-02T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol62/iss3/7 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/4049/viewcontent/6178.pdf Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Archīum Ateneo
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description	Thisarticle explores how influences from the homeland as well as notions of identity, class, and ethical behavior form the Filipino diasporic community. These notions are the filters migrants use to view and understand their relations with host citizens, religious leaders, and employers. By providing an ethnographic account of Filipino migrants in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, thisarticle explores the connection between transnational migration, diaspora, and religion, highlighting the migrants’ exercise of agency, religiosity, and sociality as they construct and inscribe their identity.KEYWORDS: Transnational Migration • Diasporic Community • Religion • Sacred Space • Filipino Identity
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spellingShingle	Tondo, Josefina Socorro Sacred Enchantment, Transnational Lives, and Diasporic Identity: Filipina Domestic Workers at St. John Catholic Cathedral in Kuala Lumpur
author_facet	Tondo, Josefina Socorro
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title	Sacred Enchantment, Transnational Lives, and Diasporic Identity: Filipina Domestic Workers at St. John Catholic Cathedral in Kuala Lumpur
title_short	Sacred Enchantment, Transnational Lives, and Diasporic Identity: Filipina Domestic Workers at St. John Catholic Cathedral in Kuala Lumpur
title_full	Sacred Enchantment, Transnational Lives, and Diasporic Identity: Filipina Domestic Workers at St. John Catholic Cathedral in Kuala Lumpur
title_fullStr	Sacred Enchantment, Transnational Lives, and Diasporic Identity: Filipina Domestic Workers at St. John Catholic Cathedral in Kuala Lumpur
title_full_unstemmed	Sacred Enchantment, Transnational Lives, and Diasporic Identity: Filipina Domestic Workers at St. John Catholic Cathedral in Kuala Lumpur
title_sort	sacred enchantment, transnational lives, and diasporic identity: filipina domestic workers at st. john catholic cathedral in kuala lumpur
publisher	Archīum Ateneo
publishDate	2014
url	https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol62/iss3/7 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/4049/viewcontent/6178.pdf
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Sacred Enchantment, Transnational Lives, and Diasporic Identity: Filipina Domestic Workers at St. John Catholic Cathedral in Kuala Lumpur

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