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. Examining the perspectives of
local concepts of power, the author explores gender and power in
post-war Philippines and characterizes kinship politics embedded in
the predominate political culture.
Women's power is a site where the conflict between the two
discourses of kinship politics and modern nationalist values is
daily contested. Unofficial women's power is resourced through
kinship politics, but because it is exercised behind the scenes it
makes women vulnerable to criticisms that they are manipulative or
scheming, wielding power that is illegal, undemocratic,
anti-nationalist and unaccountable. But, at the other end of the
equation, women's crusades against graft and corruption is doubly
legitimized through both the modern discursive prioritizing of the
nation-state and through women's traditional gendered roles as
moral guardians. This book will be of interest to scholars and
students in Philippine studies, Southeast Asian history, gender
studies, women and power in Asia, and feminist studies.
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