Performing the "Filipino" at the Crossroads: Filipino Bands in Five-Star Hotels Throughout Asia.

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  • Author(s): Ng, Stephanie
  • Source:
    Modern Drama. Summer2005, Vol. 48 Issue 2, p272-296. 25p. 2 Black and White Photographs.
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    • Abstract:
      This article focuses on Filipino musicians' performance of mainstream popular music in high-class hotels in Asia. It also examines the reasons behind the demand for Filipino bands in hotels throughout Asia and identifies the ways in which such musicians maintain the identity of being a Filipino, giving rise to a specific configuration of and implications for the diaspora in performance. Becoming an entertainer is more profitable that other occupations available to overseas Filipino workers. It also includes interviews with such musicians and information on the nature of the job.