Illustrations
Introduction: Toward Engendering Philippine Post-War History and
Politics
Power Outside the Symbols of Power
Women Politicians: Equal but Different?
Women in Radical Politics
Beauty Queen, Moral Guardian, Inang Bayan, and Militant Nun: Images
of Female Power
Conclusion: Empowering Women
Bibliography
Index
Politics in the Philippines is not male-dominated, but gendered. This book examines how women hold power unofficially through their kinship ties with male politicians.
MINA ROCES is Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities at Central Queensland University in Australia.
.,."a well-researched study of women in the last half of the the
20th century in the male-dominated society of the
Philippines."-Choice
.,."an informative discussion of the gendering of power in post-war
Phillipines and women's increasing participation in the politics of
the nation, both as holders of elected office and in more
traditional capacities as wives and relatives of male
politicians."-Journal of Third World Studies
?...a well-researched study of women in the last half of the the
20th century in the male-dominated society of the
Philippines.?-Choice
?...an informative discussion of the gendering of power in post-war
Phillipines and women's increasing participation in the politics of
the nation, both as holders of elected office and in more
traditional capacities as wives and relatives of male
politicians.?-Journal of Third World Studies
?Roces' treatise enables the reader, and social scientists as well,
to understand the nature of the political process in developing
countries and the women's role in it....Roces provides us a very
useful framework for understanding the influence, nay the power,
that women, in the Philippines at least, wield.?-Pacific
Affairs
?Should be read by anyone interested in altering the structure of
society in this archipelago. Or for that matter anyone who wants to
know the real score on the position of women in the
Philippines....I strongly recommend it to...'must read' lists in
colleges and universities.?-Philippine Daily Inquirer
..."a well-researched study of women in the last half of the the
20th century in the male-dominated society of the
Philippines."-Choice
..."an informative discussion of the gendering of power in post-war
Phillipines and women's increasing participation in the politics of
the nation, both as holders of elected office and in more
traditional capacities as wives and relatives of male
politicians."-Journal of Third World Studies
"Should be read by anyone interested in altering the structure of
society in this archipelago. Or for that matter anyone who wants to
know the real score on the position of women in the
Philippines....I strongly recommend it to...'must read' lists in
colleges and universities."-Philippine Daily Inquirer
"Roces' treatise enables the reader, and social scientists as well,
to understand the nature of the political process in developing
countries and the women's role in it....Roces provides us a very
useful framework for understanding the influence, nay the power,
that women, in the Philippines at least, wield."-Pacific Affairs
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