Margaret Magat
Biographic Data
| ID | 150534 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margaret Magat |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margaret |
| FAMILY NAME | Magat |
| SIGNATURE | MAGAT M |
| AFFILIATIONS | margaret magat is affiliated with the Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies, University of California, Davis, Asian American Studies |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A Cross-Boundary Dialogue in Need: Racial, Ethnic, or Folk Groups
As we enter the twenty-first century, reflexive approaches to the history of folklore studies around the world, along with the antiracist and decolonizing efforts in academic studies in general, have led to a series of paradigmatic shifts away from the Eurocentric systems of defining genre, folk, racial group, and identity. What remains to be essential, yet to be fully subverted, is the concept and practice of "racial/ethnic groups" that is still…
From Rebounds to Three-Pointers: Linsanity, Racial Insults, and Stereotypes in Flux
In February 2012, a Taiwanese American point guard player for the New York Knicks, Jeremy Lin, bounded into the imagination of the nation and was embraced by basketball fans who have long rooted for the underdog. His presence in the National Basketball Association has sparked an invaluable discussion involving insider/outsider folklore, cultural politics, and stereotypes. Using Lin's "Linderella" story and accompanying deluge of Lin-generated fol…
Teachers and ‘New Evangelizers’ for their Faith: Filipina Domestic Workers at Work in Italy
This work investigates how Filipina domestic workers can interpret their work and the migrant experience in light of their largely accepted role as the ‘new apostles’ or evangelizers for the Catholic Church. It examines traditional interpretations of servant‐hood, and analyses how gendered understandings of servitude can influence some Filipinas' notion of a subservient self and beliefs about their work as domestic helpers. Notes 1Caritas di Roma…
El trabajo de campo como colaboración en la diáspora: Iglesia, ONGs y trabajadoras domésticas filipinas en Roma
Al realizar trabajo de campo, una de las cuestiones clave es el tema de la colaboración con distintos individuos o grupos. Este artículo utiliza las "narrativas de la colaboración" como un medio para analizar las relaciones establecidas con sacerdotes, trabajadores de organizaciones no gubernamentales y oficiales de la Embajada filipina, tratando, al mismo tiempo, de mantener la confianza de las colaboradoras principales: las trabajadoras domésti…
Gender and Migration in Southern Europe. Women on the Move
Gender and Migration in Southern Europe. Women on the Move. Floya Anthias and Gabriella Lazaridis. eds. Berg: Oxford, New York. 2000.263 pp. ISBN:. 85973 231. (cloth),. 85973 236. (paper
Balut: Fertilized Duck Eggs and Their Role in Filipino Culture
Whoever discovered balut stumbled onto fact that has changing excellences (taste, texture) as it evolves and develops. Thus between egg and full-grown duck, there stages that bear exploring-and eating. And Filipino has explored them and evolved culture of balut. Doreen Fernandez in World of This essay illustrates how consumption of one particular food, fertilized duck eggs, can reveal interplay between food, beliefs, culture and history. Called b…
Vampires, Burial, and Death
Explorations in Philippine Folklore
Balut: Fertilized Duck Eggs and Their Role in Filipino Culture
Whoever discovered balut stumbled onto fact that has changing excellences (taste, texture) as it evolves and develops. Thus between egg and full-grown duck, there stages that bear exploring-and eating. And Filipino has explored them and evolved culture of balut. Doreen Fernandez in World of This essay illustrates how consumption of one particular food, fertilized duck eggs, can reveal interplay between food, beliefs, culture and history. Called b…
Teachers and ‘New Evangelizers’ for their Faith: Filipina Domestic Workers at Work in Italy
This work investigates how Filipina domestic workers can interpret their work and the migrant experience in light of their largely accepted role as the ‘new apostles’ or evangelizers for the Catholic Church. It examines traditional interpretations of servant‐hood, and analyses how gendered understandings of servitude can influence some Filipinas' notion of a subservient self and beliefs about their work as domestic helpers. Notes 1Caritas di Roma…
From Rebounds to Three-Pointers: Linsanity, Racial Insults, and Stereotypes in Flux
In February 2012, a Taiwanese American point guard player for the New York Knicks, Jeremy Lin, bounded into the imagination of the nation and was embraced by basketball fans who have long rooted for the underdog. His presence in the National Basketball Association has sparked an invaluable discussion involving insider/outsider folklore, cultural politics, and stereotypes. Using Lin's "Linderella" story and accompanying deluge of Lin-generated fol…
Explorations in Philippine Folklore
A Cross-Boundary Dialogue in Need: Racial, Ethnic, or Folk Groups
As we enter the twenty-first century, reflexive approaches to the history of folklore studies around the world, along with the antiracist and decolonizing efforts in academic studies in general, have led to a series of paradigmatic shifts away from the Eurocentric systems of defining genre, folk, racial group, and identity. What remains to be essential, yet to be fully subverted, is the concept and practice of "racial/ethnic groups" that is still…
Explorations in Philippine Folklore
Vampires, Burial, and Death
Balut: Fertilized Duck Eggs and Their Role in Filipino Culture
Whoever discovered balut stumbled onto fact that has changing excellences (taste, texture) as it evolves and develops. Thus between egg and full-grown duck, there stages that bear exploring-and eating. And Filipino has explored them and evolved culture of balut. Doreen Fernandez in World of This essay illustrates how consumption of one particular food, fertilized duck eggs, can reveal interplay between food, beliefs, culture and history. Called b…
El trabajo de campo como colaboración en la diáspora: Iglesia, ONGs y trabajadoras domésticas filipinas en Roma
Al realizar trabajo de campo, una de las cuestiones clave es el tema de la colaboración con distintos individuos o grupos. Este artículo utiliza las "narrativas de la colaboración" como un medio para analizar las relaciones establecidas con sacerdotes, trabajadores de organizaciones no gubernamentales y oficiales de la Embajada filipina, tratando, al mismo tiempo, de mantener la confianza de las colaboradoras principales: las trabajadoras domésti…
Gender and Migration in Southern Europe. Women on the Move
Gender and Migration in Southern Europe. Women on the Move. Floya Anthias and Gabriella Lazaridis. eds. Berg: Oxford, New York. 2000.263 pp. ISBN:. 85973 231. (cloth),. 85973 236. (paper
Teachers and ‘New Evangelizers’ for their Faith: Filipina Domestic Workers at Work in Italy
This work investigates how Filipina domestic workers can interpret their work and the migrant experience in light of their largely accepted role as the ‘new apostles’ or evangelizers for the Catholic Church. It examines traditional interpretations of servant‐hood, and analyses how gendered understandings of servitude can influence some Filipinas' notion of a subservient self and beliefs about their work as domestic helpers. Notes 1Caritas di Roma…
From Rebounds to Three-Pointers: Linsanity, Racial Insults, and Stereotypes in Flux
In February 2012, a Taiwanese American point guard player for the New York Knicks, Jeremy Lin, bounded into the imagination of the nation and was embraced by basketball fans who have long rooted for the underdog. His presence in the National Basketball Association has sparked an invaluable discussion involving insider/outsider folklore, cultural politics, and stereotypes. Using Lin's "Linderella" story and accompanying deluge of Lin-generated fol…
A Cross-Boundary Dialogue in Need: Racial, Ethnic, or Folk Groups
As we enter the twenty-first century, reflexive approaches to the history of folklore studies around the world, along with the antiracist and decolonizing efforts in academic studies in general, have led to a series of paradigmatic shifts away from the Eurocentric systems of defining genre, folk, racial group, and identity. What remains to be essential, yet to be fully subverted, is the concept and practice of "racial/ethnic groups" that is still…
Sociology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · History (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Art (3 works) · Folklore (3 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (3 works) · Culinary Culture and Tourism (2 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (2 works) · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (2 works)