Women's Movements and the Filipina, 1986-2008

by Mina Roces

This book is about a fundamental aspect of the feminist project in the Philippines: rethinking the Filipino woman. It focuses on how contemporary women's organizations have represented and refashioned the Filipina in their campaigns to improve women's status by locating her in history, society and politics; imagining her past, present and future; representing her in advocacy; and identifying strategies to transform her. The drive to alter the situation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824834992
• ISBN13: 9780824834999
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"