{"product_id":"making-home-mario-ivan-lopez-9789813253292","title":"Making Home: Faith, Love and the Politics of Belonging in Japanese-Filipino Families","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn anthropological account of how religion helps sustain bonds within transnational families.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e How do faith, family, and migration intersect in the intimate lives of transnational couples? This ethnography examines Japanese-Filipino marriages in contemporary Japan to reveal how gendered Catholic practices, cultural negotiation, and the politics of belonging shape everyday life. Set in Northern Kyushu, \u003ci\u003eMaking Home\u003c\/i\u003e explores the often tense dynamics of these relationships--how love, faith, and social expectations are navigated across multiple domains. Through long-term fieldwork, it shows how Filipino migrants and their Japanese partners create \"contact zones\" where faith becomes both a resource for connection and a site of struggle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Religion, far from being a private matter, becomes a powerful tool for migrants to sustain family ties, negotiate identities, and transform the intimate spaces they live in. Centering religious practices within migration studies, this book offers fresh insights into the evolving landscape of transnational families in Japan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mario Ivan Lopez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9813253290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789813253292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e National University of Singapore Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Mario Ivan Lopez","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48588361433343,"sku":"9789813253292","price":72.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/making-home-mario-ivan-lopez-9789813253292","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}