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Amazons of the Huk rebellion : gender, sex, and revolution in the Philippines
- Title
- Amazons of the Huk rebellion : gender, sex, and revolution in the Philippines / Vina A. Lanzona.
- Author
- Lanzona, Vina A.
- Publication
- Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2009.
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- Description
- xviii, 370 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Labeled "Amazons" by the national press, women played a central role in the Huk rebellion, one of the most significant peasant-based revolution in modern Philippine history. As spies, organizers, nurses, couriers, soldiers, Japanese occupation and, even military commanders, women worked closely with men to resist the Japanese occupation and, 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 through individual and collective experiences of its female participants. Rescuing Huk women from their previous obscurity, she demonstrates how their [presence raised complex questions of gender, family, and sexuality, and ultimately shaped the nature of the revolutionary struggle. -- Publishers description.
- Series Statement
- New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies
- Uniform Title
- New perspectives in Southeast Asian studies.
- Subject
- Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan (Philippines)
- Hukbalahap > Aufstand
- 1900-1999
- Geschichte
- Women guerrillas > Philippines > History > 20th century
- Women in combat > Philippines > History > 20th century
- Insurgency > Philippines > History > 20th century
- Insurgency
- Women guerrillas
- Women in combat
- Aufstand der Hukbalahap
- Frau
- Partisanin
- Kvinnliga soldater > Filippinerna
- Kvinnor och krig > Filippinerna
- Gerillarörelser > historia > Filippinerna > 1900-talet
- Philippines
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-361) and index.
- Contents
- Women at war: Huk women and the Japanese occupation -- Comrades in arms: Huk women, nationalism, and Communist Revolution -- Women on top: Amazons and leaders in the Huk movement -- Love and sex in the time of revolution: men-women relations in the Huk movement -- Amazons in the unfinished revolution.
- ISBN
- 9780299230944
- 0299230945
- 9780299230937
- 0299230937
- 9789715506236
- 9715506232
- LCCN
- 2008040624
- 40016534998
- OCLC
- ocn256765845
- 256765845
- SCSB-1510255
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library