Being and not being Filipino: children of refugees, Muslim belonging and multiple refusals in Sabah, Malaysia

Allerton, Catherine ORCID: 0000-0002-1463-4157 (2024) Being and not being Filipino: children of refugees, Muslim belonging and multiple refusals in Sabah, Malaysia. Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, 39 (3). ISSN 0217-9520

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Abstract

The experience of children of Muslim Filipinos in Sabah provides an intriguing case study for understanding “refugeeness” and children’s identities in protracted situations of displacement. For complex historical, political and social reasons, these children both are and are not Filipino. Their families assert a cultural citizenship across political borders, while Sabahans stigmatize Filipino and refugee identities. The children themselves foreground their identity as Muslim, allowing them to assert a form of place-belonging that is not recognized by many Sabahans. The article theorizes these assertions and denials through the concept of refusal, arguing that in this context refusal takes multiple, competing forms.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© 2024
Divisions:	Anthropology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion H Social Sciences G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GN Anthropology
Date Deposited:	01 Aug 2024 15:03
Last Modified:	12 Dec 2024 04:24
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/124435

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