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How migrant Filipino seamen navigate alternative masculinities in the global shipping industry



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"Filipino Crosscurrents is a very exciting book, whose contributions include its rich data; its use of a multi-disciplinary approach, incorporating ethnography, history, and literature; and its ‘crosscurrents framework’ which looks at those in-between spaces that people inhabit." —Rhacel Parrenas, University of Southern California



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Contents

Preface. Boatmen and Boyhood
Introduction. Filipino Crosscurrents
1. The Race of the Century: Galleons and Global City Desires in Manila
2. Ashore and Away: Filipino Seamen as Heroes and Deserters
3. Ethnography in Blue: Navigating Time-Space in the Global Economy
4. Transportation: Seamen and Tomboys in Ports and at Sea
Epilogue. Decolonizing Filipino Masculinities

Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
      Publication Date: 01/09/2011
      ISBN13: 9780816667574, 978-0816667574
      ISBN10: 0816667578

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      How migrant Filipino seamen navigate alternative masculinities in the global shipping industry



      Trade Review

      "Filipino Crosscurrents is a very exciting book, whose contributions include its rich data; its use of a multi-disciplinary approach, incorporating ethnography, history, and literature; and its ‘crosscurrents framework’ which looks at those in-between spaces that people inhabit." —Rhacel Parrenas, University of Southern California



      Table of Contents

      Contents

      Preface. Boatmen and Boyhood
      Introduction. Filipino Crosscurrents
      1. The Race of the Century: Galleons and Global City Desires in Manila
      2. Ashore and Away: Filipino Seamen as Heroes and Deserters
      3. Ethnography in Blue: Navigating Time-Space in the Global Economy
      4. Transportation: Seamen and Tomboys in Ports and at Sea
      Epilogue. Decolonizing Filipino Masculinities

      Acknowledgments
      Notes
      Bibliography
      Index

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