{"product_id":"pinay-on-the-prairies","title":"Pinay On The Prairies","description":"\u003cp\u003ePinay On The Prairies, \u003cspan class=\"Polaris-Tag Polaris-Tag--removable\" aria-disabled=\"false\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Polaris-Text--root Polaris-Text--bodySm Polaris-Text--block Polaris-Text--truncate\"\u003e\u003cspan title=\"Glenda Tibe Bonifacio\" class=\"Polaris-Tag__Text\"\u003eGlenda Tibe Bonifacio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Introduction \"\u003cspan\u003eFor many Filipinos, one word – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ekumusta,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e how are you – is all it takes to forge a connection with a stranger anywhere in the world. In Canada’s Prairie provinces, this connection has inspired community building and created both national and transnational identities for the women who identify as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePinay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. This book is the first to look beyond traditional metropolitan hubs of settlement to explore the migration of Filipino women in Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. Based on interviews with first-generation immigrant Filipino women and temporary foreign workers, this book explores how the shared experience of migration forms the basis for new identities, communities, transnational ties, and multiple levels of belonging in Canada. A groundbreaking look at the experience of Filipino women in Canada, Bonifacio’s work is simultaneously an investigation of feminism, migration, diaspora, and the rubric of multiculturalism in a global era.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UBC Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46506754801803,"sku":"1708","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0658\/8566\/7467\/files\/IMG_6394_1fab57dc-3801-4a81-9025-3b88586cb94b.jpg?v=1775683686","url":"https:\/\/heartofgoldbooks.com\/products\/pinay-on-the-prairies","provider":"Heart of Gold Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}