Reproductive Dilemmas in Metro Manila

Faith, Intimacies and Globalization
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-981-10-5390-0
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 211 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3997 g

Reihe: Gender, Sexualities and Culture in Asia

This text addresses the Philippines’ historical and contemporary reproductive politics, offering a timely insight into the rich reproductive lives of Filipinos. It critically explores stories of sexuality, religiosity, and reproductive livelihoods during the immediate aftermath of the passing of the ‘Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act’ of 2012 after more than fifteen years of opposition by the Philippine Catholic Church. Commonly called the “RH Law”, it aims to provide public access to reproductive and family planning services for Filipino women and men, especially those from poorer communities who often experience unwanted pregnancies, complications from illegal abortions, and exacerbated economic hardship. This book explores the intimate and urban after-effects of globalization, and how they shape the “reproductive dilemmas” of Filipinos in Metropolitan “Metro” Manila. It constructs a balanced portrait of the country’s reproductive politics within Metro Manila’s rapidly changing terrains, showing how “reproductive dilemmas” are produced within a context that is at once fraught by conservative religious discourse and also rapidly globalizing, and where aspects of intimate lives have become both transnational and fragmented.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Collantes, Christianne F.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religiöse Fragen von Sexualität, Geschlecht und Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Abtreibung, Geburtenkontrolle: Soziale & Ethische Themen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Innen-, Bildungs- und Bevölkerungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Reproductive Dilemmas: Global and Intimate Lives in the Philippines.- Histories: Religion, Revolutions, and Global Restructuring.- “The Middle” and the “Masipag”: Ideas on Faith, Family, and Responsibility.- Beyond the Metropolis: Reproduction and Remittances in the Probinsya.- Choosing Between “Life” and Livelihoods.- Afterward: The Politics of Disclosure and Discretion.- Re-thinking Reproduction and Intimacies in Metro Manila.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Christianne F. Collantes is an Associate Professor of Political Science at De La Salle University. She obtained her doctoral degree from the Centre of Gender Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, and was later a Visiting Research Fellow at Ateneo de Manila University, working in both the Philippines and Rome, Italy with the feminist communications organization, Isis International.