Amazons of the Huk Rebellion: Gender, Sex, and Revolution in the Philippines (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780299230944)

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


Author: Vina a. Lanzona
ISBN-10: 0299230945
ISBN-13: 9780299230944
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Language: English
Published: 03/16/2009
Pages: 392
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.06w x 0.94d

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 04/24/2009 pg. 20
Choice 03/01/2010