🧑🌾 Labor 🍓
Quick Overview!
Labor in Filipino American history is vital, rooted in a legacy of agricultural work. It shaped community identity and economic contributions.
🔍 Guiding Questions 🔍
- What types of work do these sources show? Are there certain types of work that are more widely recognized by the general public than other types of work? Why do you think that is?
- These photographs and oral history interviews discuss people performing labor. In addition to hard work, can you identify moments of rest or joy in any of these sources?
- Do you think labor can shape families and communities? Why?
📚 Suggested Secondary Source Readings and Additional Resources 📚
Cruz, Adrian. “The Union Within the Union: Filipinos, Mexicans, and the Racial Integration of the Farm Worker Movement Links to an external site..” Social Movement Studies 15, no. 4 (2016): 361–73.
Gutierrez, Kathleen. “The Tractor Princess Links to an external site..” High Country News – Know the West. August 1, 2023. Accessed November 14, 2023.
Hampapur, Veena, and Saba Waheed. "The Tractor Princess Links to an external site.." Re/Work Radio. Podcast. 28:05.
Mabalon, Dawn Bohulano. "Toiling in the Valley of Opportunity Links to an external site." in Little Manila Is in the Heart: The Making of the Filipina/o American Community in Stockton, California. Durham: Duke University Press, 2013.
Tagami, Jeff. "Song of Pajaro" and "Labor of Love" in October Light Links to an external site.. San Francisco: Kearny Street Workshop Press, 1987.