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AMAZONS OF THE HUK REBELLION
GENDER, SEX, AND REVOLUTION IN THE PHILIPPINES |
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Vina A. Lanzona, Alfred W. McCoy, R. Anderson Sutton |
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Paperback |
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£25.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0299230945 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780299230944 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 March, 2009 |
| Series: |
New Perspectives in Southeast Asian Studies |
| Pages: |
392 |
| Description: |
Labeled Amazons by the national press, women played a central role in the Huk rebellion, one of the most significant peasant-based revolutions in modern Philippine history." |
| Synopsis: |
Labeled Amazons by the national press, women played a central role in the Huk rebellion, one of the most significant peasant-based revolutions in modern Philippine history. As spies, organizers, nurses, couriers, soldiers, and even military commanders, women worked closely with men to resist first Japanese occupation and later, after WWII, to challenge the new Philippine republic. But in the midst of the uncertainty and violence of rebellion, these women also pursued personal lives, falling in love, becoming pregnant, and raising families, often with their male comrades-in-arms. Drawing on interviews with over one hundred veterans of the movement, Vina A. Lanzona explores the Huk rebellion from the intimate and collective experiences of its female participants, demonstrating how their presence, and the complex questions of gender, family, and sexuality they provoked, ultimately shaped the nature of the revolutionary struggle.Winner, Kenneth W. Baldridge Prize for the best history book written by a resident of Hawaii, sponsored by Brigham Young University Hawaii" |
| Illustrations: |
25 b/w photos, 2 maps, 2 diagrams |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Wisconsin Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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