Boxed in Or out? Balikbayan Boxes As Metaphors for Filipino American (Dis)Location (Essay) Boxed in Or out? Balikbayan Boxes As Metaphors for Filipino American (Dis)Location (Essay)

Boxed in Or out? Balikbayan Boxes As Metaphors for Filipino American (Dis)Location (Essay‪)‬

Ethnologies 2005, Fall, 27, 2

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Les boites balikbayan (du tagalog balik, revenir et bayan, ville ou pays), qui contiennent surtout des pasalubong, ou cadeaux, pour les parents ou amis, sont litteralement des elements de base de l'existence transnationale de nombreux Philippins et en sont venues a representer les balikbayans, ou ceux qui reviennent, eux-memes. En utilisant les concepts des rites de passage et de la dialectique du don, de la reciprocite et de la reproduction, cet article considere les boites balikbayan comme des metaphores du dedoublement experimente et ressenti par beaucoup de Philippino-americains de la premiere generation. Il presente la preparation des boites comme une allegorie des liens qu'entretiennent les Philippino-americains avec ceux qui restent aux Philippines. En considerant ces boites comme l'un des lieux de l'identite des balikbayans, il met l'accent sur le statut liminal qu'ont les membres de cette premiere generation de Philippino-americains, a la fois dans leur pays d'origine et dans leur pays d'adoption. Balikbayan (from the Tagalog words balik, to return, and bayan, town or nation) boxes, which mostly contain pasalubong, or gifts, for relatives and friends, are staples in the transnational existence of many Filipinos and have come to represent the balikbayans, or the returning persons, themselves. Utilizing the rites of passage concept and the dialectic of gift-giving, reciprocity and reproduction, this article looks at balikbayan boxes as metaphors for the dislocation experienced and felt by many first-generation Filipino Americans. It presents the preparation of the boxes as an allegory for the bonds that bind Filipino Americans to those who remain in the Philippines. In reading these boxes as a location of balikbayan identity, it emphasizes the liminal status of first generation Filipino Americans both in their native and adopted countries.

GENRE
Nonfiction
RELEASED
2005
September 22
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
32
Pages
PUBLISHER
Ethnologies
SELLER
The Gale Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation and an affiliate of Cengage Learning, Inc.
SIZE
214.7
KB

Customer Reviews

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Beautiful

I am a second generation FilAm and this captured the struggle of the first gens through symbolism. Amazing. Worth every dollar.

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