Queering the Global Filipina Body Contested Nationalisms in the Filipina/o Diaspora |
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| Author:
| Velasco, Gina K. |
| Series title: | Asian American Experience Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-08537-6 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2020 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $56.99 |
Book Description:
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Contemporary popular culture stereotypes Filipina women as sex workers, domestic laborers, mail order brides, and caregivers. These figures embody the gendered and sexual politics of representing the Philippine nation in the Filipina/o diaspora. Gina K. Velasco explores the tensions within Filipina/o American cultural production between feminist ......
Contemporary popular culture stereotypes Filipina women as sex workers, domestic laborers, mail order brides, and caregivers. These figures embody the gendered and sexual politics of representing the Philippine nation in the Filipina/o diaspora. Gina K. Velasco explores the tensions within Filipina/o American cultural production between feminist ......