Joshua G. Acosta

Joshua G. Acosta

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Joshua G. Acosta is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He works on the history of the U.S. colonization of the Philippines and the Filipino American diaspora. His research co-locates the history of medicine and its relationship to global processes of imperialism, migration, racialization, and humanitarianism.

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Anacleto Palabay in the Metropole: Public Health, Migration, and Deportation in the Case of a Filipino Leprosy Patient

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Anacleto Palabay, a young Filipino domestic worker in Washington, D.C., was intent on returning home to the Philippines. His soon-to-be wife was waiting there for him and he was eager to build a life with her after making money while living in the United States. Palabay’s story was a common one among Filipina/o migrants to… Read more →