Undergraduate Honors Thesis

 

FAMILY MATTERS: The Effects of Filipino U.S. Air Force Membership Across Generations Public Deposited

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  • In my thesis, I explore the effects of Filipino U.S. Air Force membership on the family by analyzing the experiences of Filipino enlisted parents and their children. Through the lens of Filipino psychology terms utang na loob (“debt of gratitude”) and kapwa (interconnectedness, sharing an identity) and studies on “demilitarized domesticity” (Suarez, 2015) and “emotional transnationalism” (Wolf, 1997), I discuss the dissonant perspectives of Filipino parents and children regarding military membership. While Filipino parents willingly embraced the Air Force because it “took care” of them and their families, their children experienced more negative side effects, including parental absence and increased responsibility. My research presents a situation in which Filipino parents perceived the Air Force as the best option now and for their children in the future despite the real and significant cost on the family and children’s attempts to demilitarize their lives as young adults.
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  • 2019-01-01
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