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Women, Power, and Kinship Politics

Female Power in Post-War Philippines
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Politics in the Philippines is not male-dominated, but gendered. This book examines how women hold power unofficially through their kinship ties with male politicans. Examining the perspectives of local concepts of power, the author explores gender and power in post-war Philippines and characerizes kinship politics embedded in the predominate political culture. Women's power is a site here the conflict between the two discourses of kinship politics and modern nationalist values is daily contested. Unofficial women's power is resourced through kinship politics, but because it is exercised behind the scenes it makes omen vulnerable to criticisms that they are manipulative or scheming, wielding power that is illegal, undemocratic, antinationalist and unaccounatable. But, at the other end of the equation, women's curasades against graft and corruption is doubly legitimized through both the "modern" discursive prioritizing of the nation-state and through women's traditional gendered roles as moral guardians. This book will be of interest to scholars and students in Philippine studies, Southeast Asian history, gender studies, women and power in Asia, and feminist studies.

Author Biography:

MINA ROCES is Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities at Central Queensland University in Australia.
Release date Australia
May 26th, 1998
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  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Undergraduate
Interest Age
From 7 to 17 years
Pages
232
Dimensions
152x229x17
ISBN-13
9780275960063
Product ID
7017025

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