Geschichten und Deutungen der Herkunft und derIdentität von migrantisch gefärbtem Leben.“We not only inherit the life that our parents built for us in their newchosen home, but also a responsibility to bear the torch and putour stamp on their legacy. Not entirely Filipino, not exactly Austrianwe are the sons and daughters of a third culture—the global citizenwhose home is not one place, not one culture, not one languagebut a beautiful and colorful quilt of all our combined identities.”(Gerard Rababa, designer, marketing professional, communications executive)“I started suppressing my Filipino roots in school. The less foreign I seemedthe better—or so I thought. At home, I felt that I was being constantlyreminded that I wasn’t the kind of Filipina that I should be. The older Igot, the more I became aware of the world and myself. I was silencingme and my version. I realized that I was silencing my authenticity.”(Chelsea Amada)„Ich habe mit den beiden Kulturen in mir zu kämpfen gehabt.Es gibt Eigenschaften, die auf den Philippinen gutgeheißenwerden, in Österreich nicht. Aber ich bin eben so.“(Cynthia „Cindy“ Kurleto, Model, Schauspielerin)“This book is doing a great service to both the Filipino community and (as apart of) Austrian and German society: that of raising awareness for the valuesof the diversity of culture, mentality, and social origin for the communalization ofindividual life’s destinies and life endeavors, as they are demanded of all of us.”(Thomas A. Bauer, Professor emeritus, University of Vienna)