Lured by the American dream : Filipino servants in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, 1952-1970 /
Paligutan, P. James,
Lured by the American dream : Filipino servants in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, 1952-1970 / Filipino servants in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, 1952-1970 P. James Paligutan. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2022. - 1 online resource (xi, 177 pages). - The Asian American experience .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : "A metaphysics of absence" : Filipino Americans in the margins of U.S. history -- Colonial past, neocolonial present -- The Navy's search for postcolonial servants -- Adrift from the American Dream -- Tales of resistance -- The Navy's "Filipino servant problem" -- Achieving the American Dream.
"Starting in 1952, the United States Navy and Coast Guard actively recruited Filipino men to serve as stewards--domestic servants for officers. Oral histories and detailed archival research inform P. James Paligutan's story of the critical role played by Filipino sailors in putting an end to race-based military policies. Constrained by systemic exploitation, Filipino stewards responded with direct complaints to flag officers and chaplains, rating transfer requests that flooded the bureaucracy, and refusals to work. Their actions had a decisive impact on seagoing military's elimination of the antiquated steward position. Paligutan looks at these Filipino sailors as agents of change while examining the military system through the lens of white supremacy, racist perceptions of Asian males, and the motives of Filipinos who joined the armed forces of the power that had colonized their nation. Insightful and dramatic, Lured by the American Dream is the untold story of how Filipino servicepersons overcame tradition and hierarchy in their quest for dignity"--
9780252053603
2022013732
United States. Navy --Filipino Americans.
United States. Coast Guard --Filipino Americans.
United States. Navy --Stewards--History.
United States. Coast Guard --Stewards--History.
Filipino Americans--California--San Diego--Interviews.
Electronic Books.
VB324 / .L874 2022
Lured by the American dream : Filipino servants in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, 1952-1970 / Filipino servants in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, 1952-1970 P. James Paligutan. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2022. - 1 online resource (xi, 177 pages). - The Asian American experience .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : "A metaphysics of absence" : Filipino Americans in the margins of U.S. history -- Colonial past, neocolonial present -- The Navy's search for postcolonial servants -- Adrift from the American Dream -- Tales of resistance -- The Navy's "Filipino servant problem" -- Achieving the American Dream.
"Starting in 1952, the United States Navy and Coast Guard actively recruited Filipino men to serve as stewards--domestic servants for officers. Oral histories and detailed archival research inform P. James Paligutan's story of the critical role played by Filipino sailors in putting an end to race-based military policies. Constrained by systemic exploitation, Filipino stewards responded with direct complaints to flag officers and chaplains, rating transfer requests that flooded the bureaucracy, and refusals to work. Their actions had a decisive impact on seagoing military's elimination of the antiquated steward position. Paligutan looks at these Filipino sailors as agents of change while examining the military system through the lens of white supremacy, racist perceptions of Asian males, and the motives of Filipinos who joined the armed forces of the power that had colonized their nation. Insightful and dramatic, Lured by the American Dream is the untold story of how Filipino servicepersons overcame tradition and hierarchy in their quest for dignity"--
9780252053603
2022013732
United States. Navy --Filipino Americans.
United States. Coast Guard --Filipino Americans.
United States. Navy --Stewards--History.
United States. Coast Guard --Stewards--History.
Filipino Americans--California--San Diego--Interviews.
Electronic Books.
VB324 / .L874 2022