| List of Figures and Tables | ix |
| About the Contributors | xi |
| Foreword | xxi |
| Chapter 1: A Demographic Portrait of the Filipino Family: A Glimpse from the Recent Past | |
| Jeofrey B. Abalos | 1 |
| Narratives of Parenthood | |
| Chapter 2: The Road to Visibility: IVF and Motherhood Journey of Filipino Influencers | |
| Samuel I. Cabbuag | 21 |
| Chapter 3: Pregnancy, Motherhood, and Family: Stories Behind Bars | |
| Romulo Nieva Jr | 35 |
| Chapter 4: Acceptance Is Key: Toward a Framework for Understanding Serial Cohabitation | |
| Veronica L. Gregorio | 51 |
| Chapter 5: Selected Cases of Teenage Fatherhood in the Philippines: An Analysis of Risks and Resilience | |
| Joselito G. Gutierrez, Tisha Isabelle M. De Vergara and Clarence M. Batan | 65 |
| Care Provisions in/from the Family | |
| Chapter 6: ICT-mediated Familial Care in Turbulent Times: Filipinos’ Subjectivities, Virtual Intimacy, and Resilience amid Social Change | |
| Derrace Garfield McCallum | 85 |
| Chapter 7: An Exposition of the Multidimensionality of the Tagasalo Personality | |
| Rizason L. Go Tian-Ng and Jofel D. Umandap | 103 |
| Chapter 8: Maintaining Personhood and Identity in Dementia: Families as Partners in Care | |
| Tricia Olea Santos, Hanna K. Ulatowska and Carla Krishan A. Cuadro | 127 |
| Chapter 9: Sexual Identity Visibility and Compounding Stigma in the Familial Context: Life Histories Among Filipino MSMs Living with HIV | |
| Jerome V. Cleofas and Dennis Erasga | 145 |
| Chapter 10: Family Relationship, Mental Well-being, and Life Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Mediation Study Among Filipino Graduate Students | |
| Jerome V. Cleofas and Ryan Michael F. Oducado | 163 |
| Families of OFWs, Farmers, and Fisherfolks | |
| Chapter 11: Response and Coping Mechanisms of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Children to Parents’ Separation | |
| Sunshine Therese S. Alcantara | 185 |
| Chapter 12: The Family as a Farm Institution: Cases in Japan and the Philippines | |
| Carlo S. Gutierrez | 205 |
| Chapter 13: Parental Livelihood Preference for Children Among Municipal Fishing Families in South Negros, Philippines | |
| Enrique G. Oracion | 227 |
| Representations of the Filipino Family | |
| Chapter 14: Self, Family, and Democracy: Individualism and Collectivism in Two Contemporary Filipino Family Films | |
| Janus Isaac V. Nolasco | 249 |
| Chapter 15: Tunay Na Lalaki/True Manhood in the Philippines: Historical Development, Identity Formations, and Family Contexts | |
| A. M. Leal Rodriguez | 267 |
| Chapter 16: The Elderly in the Filipino Family | |
| Belen T. Medina and Maria Cecilia T. Medina | 285 |
| Index | 301 |
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