Upcoming Book Talk, Thursday, 3/12/2009, SFSU.
For those of you in the Bay Area — I have a book talk (more like a short reading plus introduction and Q&A) at SF State this coming Thursday.
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The Asian American Studies Department Presents:
“Pinoy Capital: The Filipino Nation in Daly City”
By
Dr. Benito M. Vergara Jr.
Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009
Start Time: 5:00pm
Location: Thornton Hall 327
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132
Description: Dr. Benito M. Vergara Jr. shares with us his ethnographic study of the Filipino American population in Daly City, CA. He probes into this community’s nostalgia for the ancestral country while delving into how colonialism, identity, transnational culture, and family impact this population. Dr. Vergara addresses how the Filipino American community shapes Daly City and is in turn also transformed in the process. Following, there is a Q&A with light refreshments.
This event is sponsored by the Asian American Studies Department at San Francisco State University and cosponsored by Asian Student Union (ASU), Manalo Movement, and Pilipino American Collegiate Endeavor (PACE). For more information you can contact Jeannie Woo at Jeannw8@sfsu.edu.
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crap, sunny, that’s the same day as my reading at the e.s. library at ucb! anyway, will post this on the pawa blog as well.
Oh darn — thanks in advance for posting it on the PAWA blog though! Working on your Watchmen entry yet?
no prob.
can’t post yet! you know i hadn’t read the watchmen in over 10 years, right? a buncha write-ups here: http://therumpus.net/2009/03/the-rumpus-watchmen-extravaganza/
Sunny! Thanks for signing the book! I’m heading to the Philippines for the next 3 months so this will be a precious gem by my side. As I reflect on my new experiences, I will be also be reading your book!
Oh! and I am starting to blog at http://redbrandog.wordpress.com however, you won’t hear too much over the next 3 months.
Take care!