02982nam 2200721 a 450 991045761810332120210904010642.01-4529-4679-50-8166-7848-0(CKB)2550000000049381(EBL)776549(SSID)ssj0000536662(PQKBManifestationID)11352556(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000536662(PQKBWorkID)10549476(PQKB)11652716(StDuBDS)EDZ0001177387(MiAaPQ)EBC776549(MdBmJHUP)muse29978(PPN)16045395X(Au-PeEL)EBL776549(CaPaEBR)ebr10500262(CaONFJC)MIL525704(EXLCZ)99255000000004938120101130d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFilipino crosscurrents[electronic resource] oceanographies of seafaring, masculinities, and globalization /Kale Bantigue FajardoMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20111 online resource (268 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-6757-8 0-8166-6664-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.The race of the century: galleons and global city desires in Manila -- Ashore and away: Filipino seamen as heroes and deserters -- Ethnography in blue: navigating time-space in the global economy -- Transportation: seamen and tomboys in ports and at sea.Filipino seamen currently compose approximately twenty percent of the 1.2 million international maritime transportation workers. Ninety percent of the world's goods and commodities are transported by ship. Taken together, these statistics attest to the critical role Filipino seamen play in worldwide maritime trade. In Filipino Crosscurrents, an interdisciplinary ethnography, Kale Bantigue Fajardo examines the cultural politics of seafaring, Filipino maritime masculinities, and globalization in the Philippines and the Filipino diaspora. Drawing on fieldwork conducted on ships and in the ports oMerchant marinersPhilippinesSeafaring lifePhilippinesFilipinosMenIdentityMasculinityPhilippinesImmigrantsPhilippinesShippingSocial aspectsElectronic books.Merchant marinersSeafaring lifeFilipinos.MenIdentity.MasculinityImmigrantsShippingSocial aspects.387.509599Fajardo Kale Bantigue1040433MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457618103321Filipino crosscurrents2463244UNINA