Revolutionizing feminism : the Philippine women's movement in the age of terror / Anne E. Lacsamana.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lacsamana, Anne E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism--Philippines.

Feminism.

Women's rights--Philippines.

Women's rights.

Women foreign workers--Philippines.

Women foreign workers.

War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.

Philippines--Foreign relations--United States.

Philippines.

International relations.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--Philippines.

Physical Description:

xii, 132 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder, CO : Paradigm Publishers, [2012]

Summary:

Lacsamana (women's studies, Hamilton College) examines the social position of Filipino women in the context of political instability and violence and de facto martial law in the Philippines, deploying a historical materialist analysis explicitly in opposition to the cultural or postmodern turn in Western feminist analysis in order to investigate issues of identity, migration, militarism, and prostitution, while foregrounding the grassroots anti-imperialist resistance conducted by such groups as GABRIELA (General Assembly Binding Women for Reforms, Equality, and Action), Migrante International, Task Force Subic Rape, and the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

State of emergency: contemporary crisis, historical roots

Notes on the "woman question": nationalist feminism in the Philippines

From balikbayans to "supermaids": the gendering of the Philippine export state

Prostituted women: revisiting the sex work debates in feminist theory

Empire on trial: the subic rape case and the struggle for Philippine women's liberation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781594519406

1594519404

9781612050058

1612050050

OCLC:

706804036