4. Indigenous Women: Women of the Cordillera

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: Women’s Movements and Womanhood 1
5. Part I. Representations: Representing Women
6. 1. The Religious Roots of Women’s Oppression: Feminist Nuns and the Filipino Woman 35
7. 2. Prostitution, Women’s Movements, and the Victim Narrative 52
8. 3. The Woman as Worker 65
9. 4. Indigenous Women: Women of the Cordillera 87
10. 5. “There Is No Need to Endure”: Women’s Health Movements 104
11. Part II. Practices: Fashioning Women
12. 6. Women’s Studies on the Air: Radio, Television, and Women’s Movements 127
13. 7. Fashioning Women through Activism, Ritual, and Dress 144
14. Part III. Spaces: Locating Women
15. 8. Women’s Movements in Transnational Spaces 173
16. 9. Women’s Movements in Liminal Spaces: Abortion as a Reproductive Right 184
17. Conclusion 198
18. Appendix 1: List of Women’s Organizations 205
19. Appendix 2: Radio and Television Shows Discussed 209
20. Notes 211
21. Selected Bibliography 251
22. Index 263
23. About the Author 278