Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) as Heroes: Discursive Origins of the “Bagong Bayani” in the Era of Labor Export
This essay seeks to trace the relevant national and global contexts from which the bagong bayani discourse of OFWs emerged. It does so by discussing the evolution of labor out-migration in the Philippines from its beginnings in the colonial times, to overseas employment’s institutionalization in the...
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| Language: | English |
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University of the Philippines
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Humanities Diliman |
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| Online Access: | http://www.journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/humanitiesdiliman/article/view/4907 |