Filipino American Sporting Cultures

Examines the significance of sports in the lives of diasporic Filipino AmericansOrganized sports have occupied a central place in Filipino American life since US colonialism began in the Philippines in 1898. For Filipino diasporas in the United States sports are important cultural sites through which men and women cultivate a sense of ethnic community and belonging to the American national fabric.Sports studies focused on Asian America have tended to focus on East Asians largely ignoring Filipin