Revolutionizing Feminism

by Anne E. Lacsamana

Overview

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 division of labour, showing the connection between the 'super-exploitation' of their labour power at home and their migration abroad as domestic workers, nurses, nannies, entertainers, and 'mail-order brides'. In contrast to the cultural turn in feminist theorising that has retreated from the concepts of class and class exploitation, Revolutionizing Feminism seeks to reorient feminist scholarship in order to better understand the material realties of those living in an increasingly unstable and impoverished global south.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781594519413
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/30/2012
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction 1

1 State of Emergency: Contemporary Crisis, Historical Roots 15

2 Notes on the "Woman Question": Nationalist Feminism in the Philippines 33

3 From Balikbayans to "Supermaids": The Gendering of the Philippine Export State 51

4 Prostituted Women: Revisiting the Sex Work Debates in Feminist Theory 71

5 Empire on Trial: The Subic Rape Case and the Struggle for Philippine Women's Liberation 89

Conclusion 105

Bibliography 211

Index 123

About the Author 132

Editorial Reviews

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

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