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Filipino crosscurrents [[electronic resource] ] : oceanographies of seafaring, masculinities, and globalization / / Kale Bantigue Fajardo



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Autore: Fajardo Kale Bantigue Visualizza persona
Titolo: Filipino crosscurrents [[electronic resource] ] : oceanographies of seafaring, masculinities, and globalization / / Kale Bantigue Fajardo Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (268 p.)
Disciplina: 387.509599
Soggetto topico: Merchant mariners - Philippines
Seafaring life - Philippines
Filipinos
Men - Identity
Masculinity - Philippines
Immigrants - Philippines
Shipping - Social aspects
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 o
Titolo autorizzato: Filipino crosscurrents  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4529-4679-5
0-8166-7848-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910781632903321
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