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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300855003321

Autore

Collantes Christianne F.

Titolo

Reproductive Dilemmas in Metro Manila : Faith, Intimacies and Globalization / / by Christianne F. Collantes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

9789811053917

981105391X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVI, 211 p.)

Collana

Gender, Sexualities and Culture in Asia, , 2662-7892

Disciplina

201.7081

Soggetti

Religion and sociology

Ethnology - Asia

Culture

Sociology

Social groups

Identity politics

Sociology of Religion

Asian Culture

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging

Politics and Gender

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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 and also rapidly globalizing, and where aspects of intimate lives have become both transnational and fragmented.