All Outputs (2)

A Transnational Pig: Reconstituting Kinship Among Filipinos in Hong Kong (2010)
Journal Article
McKay. (2010). A Transnational Pig: Reconstituting Kinship Among Filipinos in Hong Kong. Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 330 - 344. https://doi.org/10.1080/14442213.2010.513400

Migration may offer Filipinos abroad new ways to practice religious faith and opportunities to extend social networks, but many must at the same time sustain and renegotiate kinship ties at home. The obligations of kinship can mean declarations of fa... Read More about A Transnational Pig: Reconstituting Kinship Among Filipinos in Hong Kong.

On the Face of Facebook: Historical Images and Personhood in Filipino Social Networking (2010)
Journal Article
McKay. (2010). On the Face of Facebook: Historical Images and Personhood in Filipino Social Networking. History and Anthropology, 479 - 498. https://doi.org/10.1080/02757206.2010.522311

Exchanging and manipulating digital images on social networking sites offers people new ways to renegotiate a wide variety of relationships. This paper examines how interactions on Facebook transform personhood and norms for relationships and belongi... Read More about On the Face of Facebook: Historical Images and Personhood in Filipino Social Networking.