144 Pages
by
Routledge
144 Pages
by
Routledge
144 Pages
by
Routledge
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Revolutionizing Feminism offers the first feminist analysis of the human rights crisis in the Philippines during the Arroyo presidency (2001-2010) and the declaration of the country as the 'second front' in the US-led 'war on terror'. During this period over 1,000 activists, including peasants, journalists and lawyers, were murdered. Lacsamana situates Filipino women within the international... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 State of Emergency; Chapter 2 Notes on the “Woman Question”; Chapter 3 From Balikbayans to “Supermaids”; Chapter 4 Prostituted Women; Chapter 5 Empire on Trial; conclusion Conclusion;
Biography
Anne E. Lacsamana
“Anne Lacsamana shines a bright light on the continuing efforts of local feminists to make nationalist anti-militarist campaigns work for the empowerment of women. If we all take these Filipina activists seriously we'll be able to tally the true costs of the US-led ‘global war on terror.’"
--Cynthia Enloe, author of Nimo's War, Emma"s War: Making Feminist Sense of the Iraq War
