TY  - BOOK
AU  - Paligutan,P.James
TI  - Lured by the American dream: Filipino servants in the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard, 1952-1970 
T2  - The Asian American experience
SN  - 9780252053603
AV  - VB324 .L874 2022
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Urbana
PB  - University of Illinois Press
KW  - United States
KW  - Navy
KW  - Filipino Americans
KW  - Coast Guard
KW  - Stewards
KW  - History
KW  - California
KW  - San Diego
KW  - Interviews
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 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; 2; b
N2  - "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"--
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