The “American Dream” for Whom? Contouring Filipinos’ and Filipino/a/x Americans’ Discursive Negotiation of Postcolonial Identities

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ID12910285
AuthorsAngela Labador (0000-0003-0210-528X, Arizona State University, corresponding author), Dacheng Zhang (0000-0001-6410-4544, Arizona State University)
Year2021
Volume16
Issue1
Pages19-35
Publication date2021-07-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of International and Intercultural Communication (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1751-3065 • E-ISSN: 1751-3057
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17513057.2021.1945129
OpenAlexW3209811204
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited33

Contributing to efforts to “de-whiten” the communication discipline, this study centers the lived experiences of Filipinos and Filipino/a/x Americans as they navigate whiteness, assimilation, and colonialism in the United States. To contextualize how they discursively negotiate with the structures of power that (dis)advantage them, this study theoretically links postcolonialism, whiteness, and differential adaptation. Qualitative methods were utilized by interviewing 25 participants and conducting critical thematic analysis. Findings indicate that participants (de)legitimize whiteness, (dis)obey assimilation, and (mis)recognize colonialism. Discussion suggests how participants engaged in performative assimilation, paradoxical postcolonialism, and panoptic whiteness. Finally, different trajectories for Filipinos and Filipino/a/x Americans are offered

Aesthetics · Art · Colonialism · Hybridity · Negotiation · Performative utterance · Postcolonialism (international relations · Race (biology · Racialization · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Communication in Education and Healthcare · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · History · Rhetoric and Communication Studies

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