Includes bibliographical references and index.

Wither the roses of yesteryears: an exploratory look into the lives of moro women during the colonial period : Filipino women and political engagement -- The women of ilocos is the revolutionary era -- Salud algabre, revolutionary -- The last hacendera: Doña teresa de la pz, 1841-1890 -- Working women of manila in the nineteenth century -- Roots of feminist thought in the philippines -- Filipino sexuality in nineteenth century philippines: how to avoid conception -- Race, sexuality, and the articulation of desire: the filipina in the gaze of the japanese male -- Filipina artist in the fine arts disrupted genealogies, emerging identities -- Globalizing national domesticity: female work and representation in contemporary women's films -- Song of ourselves: Writing by filipino women in english -- Querida mia: the mistress in cebuano women's short fiction -- The wild woman archetype in contemporary philippine novels: the empowered filipina in joaquin, rosca, and yuson -- The public transcendence of intimacy -- The social value of recogimiento in urbana at feliza -- How to make women visible in history.