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9780299230944

Amazons of the Huk Rebellion

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  • ISBN13:

    9780299230944

  • ISBN10:

    0299230945

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-03-16
  • Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Pr
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Summary

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.

Author Biography

Vina A. Lanzona is assistant professor of history at the University of Hawai’i–Manoa.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrationsp. ix
Preface and Acknowledgmentsp. xi
List of Abbreviationsp. xvii
Introduction: Capturing the Huk Amazonsp. 3
Women at War: Huk Women and the Japanese Occupationp. 21
Comrades in Arms: Huk Women, Nationalism, and Communist Revolutionp. 76
Women on Top: Amazons and Leaders in the Huk Movementp. 121
Love and Sex in the Time of Revolution: Men-Women Relations in the Huk Movementp. 181
Amazons in the Unfinished Revolutionp. 250
Politburo Exhibit 1-38: "Marriage Contract"p. 273
Politburo Exhibit 1-15: "The Revolutionary Solution of the Sex Problem"p. 275
Notesp. 281
Bibliographyp. 335
Indexp. 363
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