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Title	Box populi : a socio-cultural study of the Filipino American balikbayan box
Author	Alburo, Alice Jade A., 1971-
Description	Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2002. Folkore
Date	2002
Pagination	xii, 321 leaves : ill., maps
Subject	Filipino Americans--Folklore; Gifts--Folklore; Philippines--Emigration and immigration; United States--Emigration and immigration
Degree	M.A.
Degree Grantor	Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dept. of Folkore
Discipline	Folkore
Language	eng
Spatial Coverage	United States Philippines
Notes	Bibliography: leaves [292]-313
Abstract	In this thesis, the balikbayan boxes that Filipino Americans bring with them when they visit the Philippines are viewed primarily through the lenses of material culture and customary studies. It provides the historical, political, and economic contexts which have led to the immigration of Filipinos to America and the emergence of balikbayans—the returning natives—and their boxes. It also contains descriptions of balikbayan boxes, their contents, and the practices involved. This study indicates that balikbayan boxes are indices of balikbayans themselves. These packages are metaphors for the dislocation of Filipinos resulting from their immigration to the United States. These boxes are also sites, in which balikbayans are positioned as neo-colonizers and perpetuate American cultural hegemony. This examination suggests that balikbayan boxes are connected to a host of complex issues, including kinship ties and obligations, politics and economics, colonialism and postcolonialism, , immigration and diaspora, globalization and commodification, exchange and reciprocity, travel and tourism.
Type	Text
Resource Type	Electronic thesis or dissertation
Format	Image/jpeg; Application/pdf
Source	Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier	a1561119
Rights	The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission.
Collection	Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Scanning Status	Completed
PDF File	(39.13 MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/theses/Alburo_AliceJadeA.pdf
CONTENTdm file name	86853.cpd