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The Chinese Mestizos of Spanish Colonial Manila: Becoming "Filipino" or "Chinese" under American Colonial Rule
1media/Copy.pngmedia/Intramuros Header.png2016-03-18T12:14:02-07:00Caroline Franka1a5e7e9a2c3dba76ecb2896a93bf66ac8d1635e840158by Richard T. Chu, University of Massachusetts, Amherstimage_header2813492017-02-16T07:23:31-08:00Andrea Ledesma3398f082e76a2c1c8a9101d91a66e1d764540d34As a result of Spanish efforts to Christianize the Philippines, a “third” ethnic group known as the Chinese mestizo was created in Manila and in many urban centers. These Chinese mestizos were offspring of unions between Chinese men and local women. They identified themselves as largely Hispanic and Catholic, although some were also Sinicized. With the coming of the U.S. colonial masters and the imposition of nation-based identities, Chinese mestizos “disappeared” and became either “Filipino” or “Chinese.” However, intermarriages persisted and the “Chinese mestizo” did not completely disappear. Instead, they appeared in alternative forms of identification that are continuously contested and negotiated.
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12016-03-20T17:37:21-07:00Isabella Betita7d0d562afdd86f5d0b9bdd6b47254a8bdbcb5fa5Legal Classification of the Chinese Mestizo6plain2017-01-25T14:38:15-08:00Andrea Ledesma3398f082e76a2c1c8a9101d91a66e1d764540d34
12016-03-20T18:29:00-07:00Isabella Betita7d0d562afdd86f5d0b9bdd6b47254a8bdbcb5fa5Chinese Mestizo Impact on Philippine Society7plain2017-01-25T16:04:08-08:00Andrea Ledesma3398f082e76a2c1c8a9101d91a66e1d764540d34
12016-03-25T09:52:38-07:00Isabella Betita7d0d562afdd86f5d0b9bdd6b47254a8bdbcb5fa5Chinese Mestizo Identity Before the Philippine Revolution9plain2559662017-01-25T16:07:47-08:00Andrea Ledesma3398f082e76a2c1c8a9101d91a66e1d764540d34
12016-03-25T11:20:09-07:00Isabella Betita7d0d562afdd86f5d0b9bdd6b47254a8bdbcb5fa5American Colonial Period and the Schurman Commission23plain2017-02-16T07:18:37-08:00Andrea Ledesma3398f082e76a2c1c8a9101d91a66e1d764540d34
12016-03-25T11:34:08-07:00Isabella Betita7d0d562afdd86f5d0b9bdd6b47254a8bdbcb5fa5Policies of Exclusion6plain2017-01-25T16:24:01-08:00Andrea Ledesma3398f082e76a2c1c8a9101d91a66e1d764540d34
12016-03-25T11:51:54-07:00Isabella Betita7d0d562afdd86f5d0b9bdd6b47254a8bdbcb5fa5Chinese Mestizo: To Be “Filipino” or “Chinese”3plain2017-01-25T16:26:11-08:00Andrea Ledesma3398f082e76a2c1c8a9101d91a66e1d764540d34
